A placing over against; opposite position.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
1. A placing over against; opposite position.
2. 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.
Inversion Roget’s Thesaurus §218
N. inversion, eversion, subversion, reversion, retroversion, introversion, contraposition, contrariety, reversal, turn of the tide, overturn, somersault, somerset, summerset, culbute, revulsion, pirouette, transposition, transposal, anastrophy, metastasis, hyperbaton, anastrophe, hysteron proteron, hypallage, synchysis, tmesis, parenthesis, metathesis, palindrome, pronation and supination
V. be inverted &c, turn round, turn about, turn to the right about, go round, go about, go to the right about, wheel round, wheel about, wheel to the right about, turn over, go over, tilt over, topple over, capsize, turn turtle, invert, subvert, retrovert, introvert, reverse, up turn, over turn, up set, over set, turn topsy turvy, culbuter, transpose, put the cart before the horse, turn the tables
Adj. inverted, wrong side out, wrong side up, inside out, upside down, bottom upwards, keel upwards, supine, on one's head, topsy- turvy, sens dessus dessous, inverse, reverse, opposite, top heavy
Adv. inversely, hirdy-girdy, heels over head, head over heels
Contraposition Roget’s Thesaurus §237
N. contraposition, opposition, # polarity, inversion, opposite side, reverse, inverse, counterpart, antipodes, opposite poles, north and south, antonym, opposite (contrariety) 14
V. be opposite, subtend
Adj. opposite, reverse, inverse, converse, antipodal, subcontrary, fronting, facing, diametrically opposite, northern, septentrional, boreal, arctic, southern, austral, antarctic
Adv. over, over the way, over against, against, face to face, vis-a- vis, as poles asunder
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