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Meaning of "contraposition" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CONTRAPOSITION

contraposition  [ˌkɒntrəpəˈzɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONTRAPOSITION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Contraposition is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CONTRAPOSITION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Contraposition

In logic, contraposition is a law, which says that a conditional statement is logically equivalent to its contrapositive. The contrapositive of the statement has its antecedent and consequent inverted and flipped: the contrapositive of is thus. For instance, the proposition "All bats are mammals" can be restated as the conditional "If something is a bat, then it is a mammal". Now, the law says that statement is identical to the contrapositive "If something is not a mammal, then it is not a bat." The contrapositive can be compared with three other relationships between conditional statements: ▪ Inversion: . "If something is not a bat, then it is not a mammal." Unlike the contrapositive, the inverse's truth value is not at all dependent on whether or not the original proposition was true, as evidenced here. The inverse here is clearly not true. ▪ Conversion: . "If something is a mammal, then it is a bat." The converse is actually the contrapositive of the inverse and so always has the same truth value as the inverse, which is not necessarily the same as that of the original proposition. ▪ Negation:.

Definition of contraposition in the English dictionary

The definition of contraposition in the dictionary is the act of placing opposite or against, esp in contrast or antithesis. Other definition of contraposition is the derivation of the contrapositive of a given categorial proposition.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONTRAPOSITION


apposition
ˌæpəˈzɪʃən
composition
ˌkɒmpəˈzɪʃən
deposition
ˌdɛpəˈzɪʃən
disposition
ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃən
electrodeposition
ɪˈlektrəʊˌdepəˈzɪʃən
exposition
ˌɛkspəˈzɪʃən
imposition
ˌɪmpəˈzɪʃən
juxtaposition
ˌdʒʌkstəpəˈzɪʃən
opposition
ˌɒpəˈzɪʃən
oviposition
ˌəʊvɪpəˈzɪʃən
position
pəˈzɪʃən
predisposition
ˌpriːdɪspəˈzɪʃən
preposition
ˌprɛpəˈzɪʃən
presupposition
ˌpriːsʌpəˈzɪʃən
proposition
ˌprɒpəˈzɪʃən
reposition
ˌriːpəˈzɪʃən
superimposition
ˌsuːpərˌɪmpəˈzɪʃən
superposition
ˌsuːpəpəˈzɪʃən
supposition
ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃən
transposition
ˌtrænspəˈzɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONTRAPOSITION

contraindicate
contraindicated
contraindication
contrair
contralateral
contralti
contralto
contranatant
contraoctave
contraplex
contrapositive
contrapposto
contraprop
contrapropeller
contraption
contrapuntal
contrapuntalist
contrapuntally
contrapuntist
contrarian

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONTRAPOSITION

accreditation
acquisition
addition
ambition
audition
competition
condition
definition
edition
exhibition
expedition
ignition
in a position
in addition
in mint condition
limited edition
nutrition
recognition
tradition
transition
tuition

Synonyms and antonyms of contraposition in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «contraposition» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONTRAPOSITION

Find out the translation of contraposition to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of contraposition from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «contraposition» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

对位
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contraposición
570 millions of speakers

English

contraposition
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कोंटरापज़िशन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تتعارضان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

противопоставление
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

contraposição
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বৈষম্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

contraposition
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Contraposition
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kontra
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

対偶
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대립
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Contraposition
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự trái ngược nhau
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒன்றுக்கொன்று நேர்மாறான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Contraposition
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

, tersine
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

contrapposizione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przeciwstawienie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

протиставлення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

contrapunere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντιδιαστολή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

contraposition
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

motsats
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

contraposition
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of contraposition

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTRAPOSITION»

The term «contraposition» is normally little used and occupies the 130.154 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTRAPOSITION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about contraposition

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTRAPOSITION»

Discover the use of contraposition in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to contraposition and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Aristotelian Logic
14 Contraposition Next to conversion and obversion, contraposition is the best known of the immediate inferences from standard categorical propositions.1 14A DEFINITIONS Del . 1. Contraposition of a standard categorical proposition is an ...
William Thomas Parry, Edward A. Hacker, 1991
2
Fundamental LOGIC
d) Full Contraposition. — The outcome of a Conversion by Contraposition may be obverted a second time, and the new resulting proposition, as compared to the original contraponend, is a fully contiraposited proposition. Nonetheless, the ...
3
Discrete Mathematics with Applications
Note that when you use proof by contraposition, you know exactly what conclusion you need to show, namely the negation of the hypothesis; whereas in proof by contradiction, it may be difficult to know what contradiction to head for. On the ...
Susanna Epp, 2010
4
Logic and Philosophy: A Modern Introduction
Contraposition In the process of contraposition, we replace the subject of a proposition with the complement of its predicate and replace its predicate with the complement of its subject. Thus the contrapositive of “All humans are mortals” is “ All ...
Alan Hausman, Howard Kahane, Paul Tidman, 2012
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Advances in Scientific Philosophy: Essays in Honour of Paul ...
Should the universal A -form, regularly equated with a universal conditional, be differently represented through a conditional connective which does not sustain contraposition, the nastiest paradox of classificatory confirmation is stopped in its  ...
Gerhard Schurz, Georg Dorn, 1991
6
Computational Models of Argument: Proceedings of COMMA 2008
invalidity of contraposition as an aside when describing their respective formalisms for non-monotonic reasoning. Our analysis will therefore begin with an overview of some of the comments by various authors in the field. Brewka, for instance ...
Philippe Besnard, Sylvie Doutre, Anthony Hunter, 2008
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Cognition and Conditionals: Probability and Logic in Human ...
contraposition is probabilistically informative in the mental model theory. contraposition is probabilistically non-informative in the mental probability logic ( because of the conditional probability interpretation of the if–then). The next section ...
Mike Oaksford, Nick Chater, 2010
8
Mathematics for Senior High School Year X
Converse, Inverse, and Contraposition For example, given an implication or conditional p => q. We can make new statement by using that implication, as follows. 1 . Converse is a statement, which has form of q =? p 2. Inverse is a statement, ...
9
Boethius
Boethius goes further than showing just when conversion by contraposition or partial contraposition preserves truth values whatever the terms. He sees that in many cases these sorts of conversion, though not universally truthpreserving, are  ...
Cambridge John Marenbon Fellow and Director of Studies in the History of Philosophy Trinity College, 2003
10
Handbook of Philosophical Logic
the phrase 'the principle of contraposition' for the latter of the two principles [von Wright, 1972, pp. 147-149]. A similar postulate, (p > q) -> (->q > -p), can be formed for weak preference. The term 'contraposition' can be used as a common term ...
Dov M. Gabbay, Franz Guenthner, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONTRAPOSITION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term contraposition is used in the context of the following news items.
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A Liberal But Restrained Supreme Court Term
“At times, that is going to put a justice in contraposition to what his ideological preferences might be.” “Lawyers overwhelmingly are raised in an ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
2
Opposition Primaries Plagued by High Abstention as Party Elites …
Likewise, in contraposition to the MUD's elite selection process, the roughly 8,000 PSUV pre-candidates were nominated in 13,600 grassroots ... «Venezuelanalysis.com, May 15»
3
What's Wrong With The Male Clones On 'Orphan Black'? Rudy Kills …
Paul asks Rudy and Seth strange contraposition questions, like “Some bags are pockets, no pocket is a pouch. Conclusion, all bags are not ... «Bustle, Apr 15»
4
Conservatives' goal to subvert Obama at any cost
At the behest of Republican members of the House of Representatives, he spoke in direct contraposition to President Barack Obama on the ... «Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel, Apr 15»
5
SpiceJet's Chief Commercial Officer Resigns
I am glad that my contraposition in SpiceJet helped the airline improve revenue performance and reduce costs. Sanjiv and I worked closely ... «NDTV, Apr 15»
6
Cardinal Kasper Responds to First Things Review of “Mercy”
It is therefore theological nonsense to bring truth and mercy in contraposition. There is therefore a solid common basis for dialogue between us. «First Things, Mar 15»
7
Trial backs oral probiotic to fight off dental implant problems
... parameters improved, and the cytokine levels decreased - in contraposition to the observations in the placebo group,” concluded the authors. «NutraIngredients.com, Mar 15»
8
Security versus Privacy: A De-Actualizing Formulation
For our purposes here, we'll stick with the American version of privacy and liberty where, as Whitman suggests, liberty (in direct contraposition ... «Foreign Policy Journal, Jan 15»
9
Challenges for European Foreign Policy in 2015
The EU and its member states could play a useful role in lowering tensions around the intractable Syrian conflict and the broader contraposition ... «ISN, Jan 15»
10
Why Carlos Salcedo's camp might not be recognizing his contract …
... because the option year is invalid, let us make our claims in contraposition to that, but if we find support for the claim, let's include that as well. «RSL Soapbox, Jan 15»

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