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contraposing

contraposing is the present participle and gerund of contrapose.

Meaning of contrapose

Verb

contrapose (third-person singular simple present contraposes, present participle contraposing, simple past and past participle contraposed)

  1. (transitive) To place in contraposition.
    • Near-synonym: juxtapose
  2. (intransitive) 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.1999, Richard Lentz, Symbols, the News Magazines, and Martin Luther King, →ISBN, page 119

Questions about contraposing

What is contraposing the present participle and gerund of?
Contraposing is the present participle and gerund of contrapose.

Words near contraposing in the dictionary

  1. contrapolar
  2. contraponend
  3. contrapose
  4. contraposed
  5. contraposes
  6. contraposing
  7. contraposition
  8. contrapositions
  9. contrapositive
  10. contrapositively
  11. contrapositives

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