Found 1 items, similar to Obversion.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Obversion Obversion \Ob*ver"sion\ ([o^]b*v[~e]r"sh[u^]n), n. [L. obversio a turning towards.] 1. The act of turning toward or downward. [1913 Webster] 2. (Logic) 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.” --Bain. [1913 Webster]