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Definition of "obversion" [ob•ver•sion]

  • The process of obverting or the condition so resulting. (noun)
  • Logic Inference of the obverse of a proposition. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "obversion" in a sentence
  • "It turns out that Strawson's revision of truth conditions does preserve the principles of SQUARE (these can easily be checked by cases), [27] but not the additional conversion principles of [SQUARE], and also not the traditional principles of contraposition or obversion."
  • "These are the theory of the syllogism and the doctrines of contraposition and obversion."
  • "A similar thing happened with the principle of obversion."