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obversion

[ ob-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn ]

noun

  1. an act or instance of obverting.
  2. something that is obverted.
  3. Logic. a form of inference in which a negative proposition is obtained from an affirmative, or vice versa, as “None of us is immortal” is obtained by obversion from “All of us are mortal.”


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Word History and Origins

Origin of obversion1

1840–50; < Late Latin obversiōn- (stem of obversiō ) a turning toward, equivalent to obvers ( us ) ( obverse ) + -iōn- -ion

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