January 24, 2005

Today's Vocabulary Word

A truly precise and useful word, for which people often lazily substitute "opposite".

Contrapositive.

Used in a sentence: I'm sure it was correct to support the overthrow of the Sandanistas in Nicaragua, said Tom contrapositively.

Posted by triticale at January 24, 2005 07:20 PM
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