| CIRCUMPOSITION | • circumposition n. (Chiefly technical) The act of positioning something around something else; or the state of being so positioned. • circumposition n. (Linguistics) A pair of adpositions that occur on either side of the complement. • circumposition n. The act of circumposing. |
| CONTRAPOSITION | • contraposition n. (Countable, logic) The statement of the form "if not Q then not P", given the statement "if P then Q". • contraposition n. Opposition; contrast. • CONTRAPOSITION n. opposition; contrast. |
| NONCOMPETITION | • noncompetition adj. Of or pertaining to an agreement not to compete with another party. • noncompetition adj. A failure to compete. • NONCOMPETITION n. something that is not a competition. |
| NONRECOGNITION | • nonrecognition adj. (Taxation) Not involving recognition of gain or loss. • nonrecognition n. Lack of recognition. • NONRECOGNITION n. something that is not recognition. |
| PREACQUISITION | • preacquisition adj. Prior to acquisition. • preacquisition n. Acquisition prior to some other action. • PREACQUISITION adj. taking place before acquisition. |
| PREDISPOSITION | • predisposition n. The state of being predisposed or susceptible to something, especially to a behavior or a health condition. • PREDISPOSITION n. an inclination. |
| PRESUPPOSITION | • presupposition n. An assumption made beforehand; a preliminary conjecture or speculation. • presupposition n. The act of presupposing. • presupposition n. (Linguistics) An assumption or belief implicit in an utterance or other use of language. |
| RETROCOGNITION | • retrocognition n. (Parapsychology) extrasensory knowledge of past events. • RETROCOGNITION n. extrasensory knowledge of past events. |
| SUPERNUTRITION | • supernutrition n. The presence of excessive quantities of nutrients, especially such as leads to hypertrophy or to excessive growth. • supernutrition n. The ingestion of large amounts of nutrients; Hyperalimentation. • supernutrition n. Overeating. |
| UNDERNUTRITION | • undernutrition n. Inadequate nutrition, either due to a lack of food, or to the inability of the body to absorb its nutrients. • UNDERNUTRITION n. deficient bodily nutrition due to inadequate food intake or faulty assimilation. |