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contradictionnoun [ C or U ] uk
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C2 the fact of something being the complete opposite of something else or very different from something else, so that one of them must be wrong: You say that you're good friends and yet you don't trust him. Isn't that a contradiction?
a contradiction in terms
a combination of words that is nonsense because some of the words suggest the opposite of some of the others: Many people think that an honest politician is a contradiction in terms.
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a fact or statement that is the opposite of what someone has said or that is so different from another fact or statement that one of them must be wrong: [ C ] fig. His life was full of contradictions (= things that are not likely to appear together).
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Examples of contradiction
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In answering the first question a series of contradictions arise.
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The contradictions have become so acute that words are no longer to be trusted.
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We outline some reasons for the contradictions in the literature and offer some suggestions for avenues of future research.
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The contradictions which opposed the typical and the organic were fought not only within professional organisations but also within the work of particular architects.
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Like any ideological discourse assembled from prefabricated components, the anticyber netics campaign was insensitive to its inner contradictions.
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In the older people's homes, the arts programme exposed contradictions and dilemmas for care assistants.
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Any doubts and contradictions in the results from the model should be accepted as part of the results.
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Centrifugal forces arose from within villages, besetting religious life with internal contradictions and contestation.
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They have the potential to explore innovation, originality, complexity, interactions, conflicts and contradictions.
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In principle, there are two types of logical contradictions that can occur in ontologies: inconsistency and incoherency.
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Property (1) implies that we can leave out of the process those sentences received from a single source that are not involved in contradictions.
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There are no contradictions; there is one good and the degrees of reliability don't change.
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A transformation can mainly be expected if contradictions in the arrangement are seized upon by certain social actors who endeavour to bring about change.
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The resolution of these contradictions and the revalidation of the authority of theatre were effected by the king's death.
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Although these conflicts are hardly ever logical contradictions, they are practical sources of indeterminacy.
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apparent contradictionWe describe two experiments exploring the interpretive structures used by adults and young children in their reasoning about an apparent contradiction.
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complete contradictionThis approach is in complete contradiction to that adopted in the main balance sheet.
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direct contradictionSometimes some of the constraints obtained from the objects themselves may be in direct contradiction to constraints already present in the action being invoked.
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contradiction
noun
con·tra·dic·tion
ˌkän-trə-ˈdik-shən
Synonyms of contradiction
1
: act or an instance of contradicting
the defendant's contradiction of the plaintiff's accusations
2
a
: a proposition, statement, or phrase that asserts or implies both the truth and falsity of something
… both parts of a contradiction cannot possibly be true …—Thomas Hobbes
b
: a statement or phrase whose parts contradict each other
a round square is a contradiction in terms
3
a
: logical incongruity
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: a situation in which inherent factors, actions, or propositions are inconsistent or contrary to one another
Synonyms
dichotomy
incongruity
paradox
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Examples of contradiction in a Sentence
No one was surprised by the defendant's contradiction of the plaintiff's accusations.
Her rebuttal contained many contradictions to my arguments.
There have been some contradictions in his statements.
There is a contradiction between what he said yesterday and what he said today.
Her statements are mired in contradiction.
What he said yesterday is in direct contradiction to what he said today.
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All of which only highlights the contradiction at the heart of the tale: For all their superpowers, the Bene Gesserit’s main purpose appears to be reproduction.
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That book, another of Oyeyemi’s meta-textual inventions, reflects the contradictions of a country teetering between Communism and a market economy.
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So there's something about that where the character also has to embody the contradiction of being one thing and not the other.
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There, in that speech, lay the central contradiction of Foster’s life—her desire to be seen, but on her own terms; her dueling impulses to connect and be left alone.
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Which is just one more of the many contradictions at the heart of Freedom Bowls.
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His success, then, is also its own contradiction: Owens has made subversion covetable; his clothes, meant for the shunned, have been embraced as well by those who’d do the shunning.
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The dearth of intellectual diversity among these leaders, and most faculty as well, blinded them to the shocking contradiction exposed in the congressional testimony of three such presidents.
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Middle English contradiccioun "objection, opposition, contradiction in logic" borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French contradiction, borrowed from Latin contrādictiōn-, contrādictiō "act of speaking in opposition, counterargument" (Late Latin also "contradiction in logic," after Greek antíphasis), from contrādic-, variant stem of contrādīcere "to speak against, object to" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action — more at contradict
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14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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: something (as a statement) that contradicts something else
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: a condition in which things oppose each other
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contradiction (noun)
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contradiction
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the act of saying something that is opposite or very different in meaning to something else
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No one was surprised by the defendant's contradiction of the plaintiff's accusations.
Her rebuttal contained many contradictions to my arguments.
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I think I can say without fear of contradiction [=I can say with absolute certainty] that this year has been very successful for our company.
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a difference or disagreement between two things which means that both cannot be true
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There have been some contradictions in his statements.
There is a contradiction between what he said yesterday and what he said today.
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Her statements are mired in contradiction.
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a phrase that contains words which have very different or opposite meanings
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024How to use contradiction in a sentenceThese days, his emails have homed in on the contradictions of covid-19 health orders.Getting vaccinated is hard. It’s even harder without the internet. | Eileen Guo | February 3, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewJust remember, Google is also an emerging technology, and a lot of what it’s doing in the algorithm stands in contradiction to the full-on adoption of AI written content.Taking your SEO content beyond the acquisition | Mordy Oberstein | February 2, 2021 | Search Engine WatchPack hired two Washington firms, McGuireWoods and Caplin & Drysdale — apparently in contradiction to federal contracting regulations and guidelines, according to internal documents.Former Voice of America overseer hired two law firms to $4 million no-bid contracts. | Paul Farhi | January 25, 2021 | Washington PostTakeuchi doesn’t see a contradiction with the county’s withholding of outbreak data, on the one hand, and the sharing of home addresses with law enforcement, on the other.County Distributes COVID Patients’ Addresses to Police Agencies | Jesse Marx | January 21, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoThe contradiction is more apparent as, over a lifetime, one expects to shift from role to role.Miss Manners: Bossy invitation offends guests | Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin, Jacobina Martin | January 20, 2021 | Washington PostThis may seem like a contradiction, if “conservative” means political conservatism.Supreme Court to Gay-Marriage Foes: Get Lost | Jay Michaelson | October 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn some level, Brecht meant for Mother Courage to be an ambivalent figure—he called her “a great living contradiction.”Brecht's Mercenary Mother Courage Turns 75 | Katie Baker | September 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd an inherent contradiction within the Sunni coalition could well trigger a breakup in the longer term.Iraq Preps for a Civil War Rematch | Jamie Dettmer | June 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIndeed, the very idea of a same-sex marriage seemed to most people a contradiction in terms.Opposing Gay Marriage Doesn’t Make You a Crypto-Racist | Jonathan Rauch | April 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe laughs at the unintentional contradiction of that statement.And The Escort of The Year Is… Backstage at The Sex Oscars | Scott Bixby | March 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut all of this is in contradiction to the curses of Jahveh on the serpent, and on those to whom the serpent brought wisdom.Solomon and Solomonic Literature | Moncure Daniel ConwayThis established beyond contradiction, the general equality of men.The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States | Martin R. DelanyI found here a contradiction to the vulgar opinion, that hydrophobia is not known in Brazil.Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamOn the fourth of October was put forth a vehement contradiction of the story.The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayHer wanting me to lend her money in contradiction to all rules established between Aunts and Nephews is a very ugly circumstance.Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2) | Edward GibbonSee More ExamplesBritish Dictionary definitions for contradictioncontradiction/ (ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃən) /nounthe act of going against; opposition; deniala declaration of the opposite or contrarya statement that is at variance with itself (often in the phrase a contradiction in terms)conflict or inconsistency, as between events, qualities, etca person or thing containing conflicting qualitieslogic a statement that is false under all circumstances; necessary falsehoodSee moreCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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C2 the fact of something being the complete opposite of something else or very different from something else, so that one of them must be wrong: You say that you're good friends and yet you don't trust him. Isn't that a contradiction?
a contradiction in terms
a combination of words that is nonsense because some of the words suggest the opposite of some of the others: Many people think that an honest politician is a contradiction in terms.
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a fact or statement that is the opposite of what someone has said or that is so different from another fact or statement that one of them must be wrong: [ C ] fig. His life was full of contradictions (= things that are not likely to appear together).
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As the survey's authors noted, aspiring to the freedom brought by self-employment while still living with or being supported by family is an age-old contradiction.
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In addition, they illustrate the existing contradiction between emotional events and the objectivity of the log.
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In startling contradiction, one of the most common arguments for spreading religion is that it promotes moral behavior.
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It's just that most of us don't express our contradictions and multitudes in music of extraordinary brilliance that will outlive us.
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Just type in "contradictions in the bible" and look at the first few sites.
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There's this contradiction in our lives right now where we are trying to understand where we stand.
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Her mother was a contradiction; she was fiercely protective of her daughter, and then she would disappear into bars.
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Reports of how the group governs are rife with contradictions.
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The clear contradictions between them become so much more apparent that in many ways, they debunk themselves.
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I saw no contradiction in that at all.
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One of the most difficult contradictions to master at any age is work-life balance.
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That seemed to me to be something of a contradiction to the charge of sociopathy, as pigs have been found to show signs of empathy.
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apparent contradictionWe describe two experiments exploring the interpretive structures used by adults and young children in their reasoning about an apparent contradiction.
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complete contradictionThis approach is in complete contradiction to that adopted in the main balance sheet.
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direct contradictionSometimes some of the constraints obtained from the objects themselves may be in direct contradiction to constraints already present in the action being invoked.
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contradiction noun
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a big difference between two things that are said or written about the same subject, or between what someone says and what they do: There is a clear contradiction between what she says and what she does.
contradiction noun
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an act of saying that what someone has just said is wrong
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矛盾…
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矛盾…
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Definition of contradiction noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
contradiction noun /ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃn/ /ˌkɑːntrəˈdɪkʃn/Idioms
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[countable, uncountable] a lack of agreement between facts, opinions, actions, etc. contradiction (between A and B) There is a contradiction between the two sets of figures.How can we resolve this apparent contradiction? in contradiction to something His public speeches are in direct contradiction to his personal lifestyle.Extra ExamplesThat's in direct contradiction to what he said yesterday.There is an apparent contradiction between the needs of workers and those of employers.There's a basic contradiction in the whole idea of paying for justice.Topics Opinion and argumentc1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectivecompletedirectflat…prepositionin contradiction toin contradiction withcontradiction between…phrasesa contradiction in termsSee full entry
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[uncountable, countable] the act of saying that something that somebody else has said is wrong or not true; an example of thisI think I can say, without fear of contradiction, that… contradiction of something Now you say you both left at ten—that's a contradiction of your last statement.Topics Opinion and argumentc1
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin contradictio(n-), from the verb contradicere, originally contra dicere ‘speak against’.Idioms a contradiction in terms a statement containing two words that contradict each other’s meaningA ‘nomad settlement’ is a contradiction in terms.The idea is almost a contradiction in terms. See contradiction in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee contradiction in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic EnglishCheck pronunciation:
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Definition of contradiction noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
contradiction nounnoun NAmE//ˌkɑntrəˈdɪkʃn// jump to other results1[countable, uncountable] contradiction (between A and B) a lack of agreement between facts, opinions, actions, etc. There is a contradiction between the two sets of figures. His public speeches are in direct contradiction to his personal lifestyle. How can we resolve this apparent contradiction?
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2[uncountable, countable] the act of saying that something that someone else has said is wrong or not true; an example of this I think I can say, without fear of contradiction, that… Now you say you both left at ten—that's a contradiction of your last statement. Idioms a contradiction in terms jump to other resultsa statement containing words that contradict each other's meaning A “nomad settlement” is a contradiction in terms.See contradiction in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: contradiction
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