'Contraposition' definitions:
Definition of 'Contraposition'
From: GCIDE
- Contraposition \Con"tra*po*si"tion\, n. [Pref. contra- + position: cf. f. conterposition.]
- 1. A placing over against; opposite position. [Obs.] --F. Potter. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Logic) A so-called immediate inference which consists in denying the original subject of the contradictory predicate; e. g.: Every S is P; therefore, no Not-P is S. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'contraposition'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- antagonism,
- antipathy,
- antithesis,
- backlash,
- bucking,
- challenge,
- clashing,
- collision,
- con,
- conflict,
- confrontation,
- confutation,
- contention,
- contradiction,
- contradistinction,
- contraindication,
- contrariety,
- contrast,
- contravention,
- contraversion,
- counteraction,
- counterposition,
- counterworking,
- crankiness,
- cross-purposes,
- crosscurrent,
- crossing,
- crotchetiness,
- denial,
- disagreement,
- discrepancy,
- dissent,
- friction,
- head wind,
- hostility,
- impugnation,
- impugnment,
- inconsistency,
- inimicalness,
- interference,
- kick,
- negation,
- nonconformity,
- opposing,
- oppositeness,
- opposition,
- opposure,
- oppugnance,
- oppugnancy,
- oppugnation,
- perverseness,
- perversity,
- polarity,
- reaction,
- rebutment,
- rebuttal,
- recalcitrance,
- recoil,
- refusal,
- rejection,
- renitency,
- repercussion,
- repugnance,
- resistance,
- revolt,
- showdown,
- standing against,
- swimming upstream,
- traversal,
- undercurrent