contrapose

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To place in contraposition.

   • Near-synonym: juxtapose
   • We certainly do not want to take our simple categorical statements and contrapose them into cumbersome natural language.
   • To contrapose an argument one swaps the conclusion with any one of the premisses and negates each of the swapped statements.
2. 2

   To contrast with, or form an opposite to, something.

   • At such moments, King was contraposed against the more frightening threat, his symbolism making the radicalism of the other party all the more apparent.
   • In fact, whereas the term existence is contraposed to non-existence, the term factual or empirical is contraposed to essential;

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