contrapose
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contrapose
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From French contraposer.
verb contraposes · contraposing · contraposed
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To place in contraposition.
Near-synonym: juxtapose
Similar: counterpose, juxtapose
- To contrast with, or form an opposite to, something. At such moments, King was contraposed against the more frightening threat, his symbolism making the radicalism of the other party all the more apparent.
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verb (logic) To place in contraposition
| Русский | противопоставлять protivopostavljatʹ, противопоставить protivopostavitʹ, приводить в качестве контрпримера privoditʹ v kačestve kontrprimera |
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