| 单词 | contraposition |
| 释义 | contraposition[ kon-truh-puh-zish-uhn ] / ˌkɒn trə pəˈzɪʃ ən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR contraposition ON THESAURUS.COM nounplacement opposite or against. opposition, contrast, or antithesis. Logic. 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.” Origin of contrapositionFirst recorded in 1545–55, contraposition is from the Late Latin word contrāposition- (stem of contrāpositiō). See contra1, position Words nearby contrapositioncontranym, contraoctave, contraorbital, contraplete, contrapose, contraposition, contrapositive, contrapposto, contraption, contrapuntal, contrapuntist Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for contrapositionBritish Dictionary definitions for contrapositioncontraposition / (ˌkɒntrəpəˈzɪʃən) / nounthe act of placing opposite or against, esp in contrast or antithesis logic the derivation of the contrapositive of a given categorial proposition Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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