contrary
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contrary (comparativo more contrary, superlativo most contrary)
contrary (comparativo more contrary, superlativo most contrary)
contrary (pl.: contraries)
- contrario
- (logica) una di due proposizioni che possono essere entrambe false allo stesso tempo, ma non possono essere entrambe vere contemporaneamente, es. "Tutti gli S sono P" e "Nessun S è P"
dal medio inglese contrarie, dal francese antico contraire, dal latino contrarius, da contra
- WordReference.com, Versione on-line Inglese-Italiano
- Il Sansoni, Inglese edizione on-line da "www.corriere.it"
- Dictionary.com, lemma contrary
- Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Dictionary versione on-line
- Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary