Obversion
[ob-vur-zhuh n, -shuh n] /ɒbˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən/
noun
1.
an act or instance of .
2.
something that is .
3.
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.”.
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