contraposition: Meaning and Definition of

con•tra•po•si•tion

Pronunciation: (kon"tru-pu-zish'un), [key]
— n.
  1. placement opposite or against.
  2. opposition, contrast, or antithesis.
  3. the inference drawn from a proposition by negating its terms and changing their order, as by inferring “Not B implies not A” from “A implies B.”
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