[kon-truh-puh-zish-uh
n] 
| 1. | placement opposite or against. |
| 2. | opposition, contrast, or antithesis. |
| 3. | 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.” |
| con·tra·po·si·tion (kŏn'trə-pə-zĭsh'ən) n. An opposite position; antithesis. |