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Definition: CONTRAPOSITION |
CONTRAPOSITIONNoun1. 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. 2. A placing over against; opposite position. |
Etymology: Contraposition \Con"tra*po*si"tion\, noun. [Prefix contra- position: compare to the French expression conterposition.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Contraposition | Contraposition, opposition; polarity; inversion; opposite side; reverse, inverse; counterpart; antipodes; opposite poles, North and South. |
Inversion | Noun: inversion, eversion, subversion, reversion, retroversion, introversion; contraposition; contrariety; reversal; turn of the tide. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: CONTRAPOSITION |
| Non-English Usage: "CONTRAPOSITION" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (contraposition). |
| "CONTRAPOSITION" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "CONTRAPOSITION" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "CONTRAPOSITION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kundërvënie (confrontation, contradistinction, contravention, reaction, traverse), kontrast (contrast, disparity, foil, opposition, set off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | معارضة (contrariness, disagreement, dissension, dissent, objection, opposition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | контраст (antithesis, contradistinction, contrast, counterpoint, foil, offset, set off), антитеза (antithesis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | obrat negací. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | contraposition. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ellentétbe helyezés. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | contrapposizione (contrast). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 対偶 (married couple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | たいぐう (antithesis, married couple, pair, reception, treatment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ontrapositioncay contraposição, oposição (conflict, contradiction, contradistinction, contrariety, counteraction, countercheck, objection, opposition, out, repugnance, resistance, resistor), antítese (antithesis). (various references) contrast (contradistinction, contrast), opoziţie (antagonism, antithesis, caveat, conflict, contradistinction, contrariety, dead set, hostility, opponency, opposite, opposition, resistance, stand). (various references) противоположение. (various references) oprečnost, kontrapozicija. (various references) contraposición (contradistinction). (various references) motställning, motsättning (antagonism, disagreement, divergence, divergency, opposition, variance). (various references) антитеза (antithesis), пртилежність. (various references) sự trái ngược nhau, sự tương phản (antagonism, contrariety). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "CONTRAPOSITION": contrapositions. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "CONTRAPOSITION" (pronounced 'Con"tra*po*si"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-i-n-n-o-o-o-p-r-s-t-t" | |
-2 letters: conspiration, constipation, contraptions, protonations. | |
-3 letters: anisotropic, antiprotons, contortions, contraption, contritions, coronations, corotations, nonartistic, protonation. | |
-4 letters: antiproton, ascription, cartoonist, constraint, contortion, contrition, coronation, corotation, nitrations, partitions, pronations, sonication, transition. | |
-5 letters: citations, conations, consortia, constrain, cooptions, copatrons, corposant, inactions, incitants, inotropic, isotropic, nitration, nonactors, nonartist, notations, onanistic, opticians, parotitis, partition, patriotic, patristic, picaroons, potations, pronation, prostatic. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-i-n-n-o-o-o-p-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: contrapositions, prognostication. | |
+2 letters: prognostications. | |
+3 letters: noncooperationist. | |
+4 letters: noncooperationists. | |
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