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Contradistinctive
Contradistinguish
Contrafaction
Contrafagetto
contrafagotto
Contrafissure
Contrahent
contrail
Contraindicant
Contraindicate
Contraindication
contralateral
Contralto
Contramure
Contranatural
Contraplex
-- Contraposition --
Contraption
Contrapuntal
Contrapuntist
Contraremonstrant
contrarian
Contrariant
Contrariantly
Contraries
Contrariety
Contrarily
Contrariness
Contrarious
Contrariously
Contrariwise
Contrarotation
Contrary
Contraposition
Con´tra`po`si´tion
n.
1.
A
placing
over
against
;
opposite
position
.
2.
(Logic)
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
.
antagonism
,
antipathy
,
antithesis
,
backlash
,
bucking
,
challenge
,
clashing
,
collision
,
con
,
conflict
,
confrontation
,
confutation
,
contention
,
contradiction
,
contradistinction
,
contraindication
,
contrariety
,
contrast
,
contravention
,
contraversion
,
counteraction
,
counterposition
,
counterworking
,
crankiness
,
cross-purposes
,
crosscurrent
,
crossing
,
crotchetiness
,
denial
,
disagreement
,
discrepancy
,
dissent
,
friction
,
head
wind
,
hostility
,
impugnation
,
impugnment
,
inconsistency
,
inimicalness
,
interference
,
kick
,
negation
,
nonconformity
,
opposing
,
oppositeness
,
opposition
,
opposure
,
oppugnance
,
oppugnancy
,
oppugnation
,
perverseness
,
perversity
,
polarity
,
reaction
,
rebutment
,
rebuttal
,
recalcitrance
,
recoil
,
refusal
,
rejection
,
renitency
,
repercussion
,
repugnance
,
resistance
,
revolt
,
showdown
,
standing
against
,
swimming
upstream
,
traversal
,
undercurrent
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