contradiction

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UK /ˌkɒntɹəˈdɪkʃən/ US /ˌkɑːntɹəˈdɪkʃən/

noun 4

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(noun.)

ADJ

complete, direct, flat | flagrant, glaring, manifest, obvious

basic, fundamental

The two politicians held views that contained a fundamental contradiction about healthcare policy.

inherent | apparent | internal

PREP

in ~ to/with

Her actions were in contradiction with everything she had promised us before.

~ between

The government's policies revealed a contradiction between protecting the environment and expanding factories.

~ of

His promise to help was a contradiction of his actions over the past month.

PHRASES

a contradiction in terms

A vegan leather jacket seemed like a contradiction in terms to many people ten years ago.

Definitions

noun

The act of contradicting.

His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting.

A statement that contradicts itself, i.e., a statement that claims that the same thing is true and that it is false at the same time and in the same senses of the terms.

There is a contradiction in Clarence Page's statement that a woman should have the right to choose and decide for herself whether to have an abortion and at the same time she should not have that right.

There is a contradiction in what you say: she can't be both married and single.

A logical inconsistency among two or more elements or propositions.

Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism.

A proposition that is false for all values of its propositional variables or Boolean atoms.

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His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting.

Wiktionary

There is a contradiction in what you say: she can't be both married and single.

Wiktionary

Our diplomacy and strategy ran in clear contradiction to each other.

Tatoeba · #23442

These facts admit of no contradiction.

Tatoeba · #55205

I was charmed with it, adopted it, dropped my abrupt contradiction and positive argumentation, and put on the humble inquirer and doubter.

Tatoeba · #254771

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