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obversion

/ob-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn/US // ɒbˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən //

厌恶,厌恶感,厌恶症,厌恶性

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act or instance of obverting.
    • : something that is obverted.
    • : Logic. a form of inference in which a negative proposition is obtained from an affirmative, or vice versa, as “None of us is immortal” is obtained by obversion from “All of us are mortal.”

Examples

  • Dr. Bain calls this Material Obversion because it cannot be practised safely without reference to the matter of the proposition.

  • In this it differs from Obversion, Conversion, and Contraposition, each of which stands for one process.

  • Define Obversion and Inversion, and apply these processes also to the above three propositions.

  • A further process, known as Contraposition or Conversion by Negation, consists of conversion following on obversion.