contraponev.
/kɒntrəˈpəʊn/ Logic. To convert by contraposition.
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1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic vi. 159 Logicians seem to have overlooked the fact that E can be contraponed into I.
1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic vii. 212 The last..example, which is now the Modus Tollens, becomes the following, if we contrapone the Sumption.
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