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- noun logic Plural form of
contrapositive .
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A little far afield from the original post, but it does lead into the logical concepts of contradictions, converses, and contrapositives which a couple of commenters have mentioned, and which I think provides a more theoretical response to the concepts raised in the original post.
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The two contrapositives taken together let us conclude that a = b.
William Stanley Jevons Mosselmans, Bert 2007
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As for labour, don't forget the law of contrapositives!
The Devil's Kitchen 2006
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The A and O forms each entail their own contrapositives.
The Traditional Square of Opposition Parsons, Terence 2006
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anonymous contrapositives vessel inductors gabled:depravity Koran cringed anders?
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mastercard giftcards contrapositives:quenching filmed militant orgy
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