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contraposition

[ kon-truh-puh-zish-uhn ]

noun

  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 鈥淣ot B implies not A鈥 from 鈥淎 implies B.鈥


contraposition

/ 藢办蓲苍迟谤蓹辫蓹藞锄瑟蕛蓹苍 /

noun

  1. the act of placing opposite or against, esp in contrast or antithesis
  2. logic the derivation of the contrapositive of a given categorial proposition
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of contraposition1

First recorded in 1545鈥55, contraposition is from the Late Latin word 肠辞苍迟谤腻辫辞蝉颈迟颈辞苍- (stem of 肠辞苍迟谤腻辫辞蝉颈迟颈艒 ). See contra 1, position
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鈥淐ontraposition, judgments, labeling, lack of dialogue only feed the culture of contrasts, which we totally reject,鈥 said the statement, appealing for cooperation 鈥渢o avoid divisions.鈥

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A new album on the Out of Your Head label, 鈥淔ield of Action / contraposition,鈥 documents complementary collaborations with two younger musicians.

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And in Weston Olencki, a trombone player with an exceptional feel for extended technique and torrential riffing, he found a willing partner for a fixed composition, 鈥渃ontraposition.鈥

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While perhaps a direct contraposition to point number one, it's worth remembering that Doc/Fest is a cross-platform, multimedia festival, as well as being a haven for the factually obsessed.

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They are all remarkable for harmonies attained by certain combinations of shade in gradations with colours in contraposition.

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