obversion: Meaning and Definition of

ob•ver•sion

Pronunciation: (ob-vûr'zhun, -shun), [key]
— n.
  1. an act or instance of obverting.
  2. something that is obverted.
  3. a form of inference in which a negative proposition is obtained from an affirmative, or vice versa, as “None of us is immortal” is obtained by obversion from “All of us are mortal.”
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