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| con·tra·po·si·tion [ kòntrəpə zísh'n ] |
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1. position opposite: a position opposite to or against something
 took up a stand in contraposition to government policy
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2. antithesis: in logic, the relation of a proposition to its contrapositive
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| [Mid-16th century. < late Latin contraposition-< Latin contraponere "place opposite" < ponere "to place"] |
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