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 Definitions of obversion  [ɒbˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən]  

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Definition of 'obversion' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) obversion
an act or instance of obverting.

2.  obversion
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.”

Etymology:  (1840–50; < LL)

Definition of 'obversion' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) obversion
the act of turning toward or downward

2. (noun) obversion
the act of immediate inference, by which we deny the opposite of anything which has been affirmed; as, all men are mortal; then, by obversion, no men are immortal. This is also described as "immediate inference by privative conception."



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obvention  obversant  obversely  obversion  obvert  obverted  



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