Contraposed

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of contrapose form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Forming a contraposition. not-comparable

    "Inductive extrapolation, in effect, is grounded in the contraposed universal generalisation 'where the reason, so the target.'"

  2. 2
    Having a coastal region of hard rocks that is separated from the sea by a belt of overlapping softer deposits. not-comparable

    "...drift has been completely retrograded and the result is a very young, contraposed shoreline."

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antagonizeclashcollideconflictconfrontconfute

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"Inductive extrapolation, in effect, is grounded in the contraposed universal generalisation 'where the reason, so the target.'"

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