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Suppose you have a relation $R$ and you want to impose the condition upon the relation $\lnot R$ that it be (e.g.) transitive. What would be a good terminology in this case? Would $counter transitive$ or $counter \ transitive$ be good suggestions?

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    $\begingroup$ You might consider "cotransitive", by analogy with words like "cofinite", in which "co" refers to the complement. I would not, however, consider this or either of your suggestions to be "good terminology", and I'm not sure there's any really good terminology. Do you really need a name for this? $\endgroup$ Feb 7, 2015 at 2:03
  • $\begingroup$ It is for some exploration I am doing where I would invoke the term for the idea several times, so my judgement is that a term would be useful. I agree that $cotransitive$ is a better term, and I appreciate its connection to related usage. $\endgroup$ Feb 7, 2015 at 3:03

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