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Contraposition
Con"tra*po*si"tion\, n. [Pref. contra- + position: cf. f. conterposition.]1. A placing over against; opposite position. [Obs.] --F. Potter. 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.
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