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- Dictionarycontradiction/ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃn/
noun
- 1. a combination of statements, ideas, or features which are opposed to one another: "the proposed new system suffers from a set of internal contradictions"
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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.
The meaning of CONTRADICTION is act or an instance of contradicting. How to use contradiction in a sentence.
(of people) to say the opposite of what someone else has said, or (of one fact or statement) to be so different from another fact or statement that one of them must be wrong: If you're both going to lie, at least stick to the same story and don't contradict each other!
1. countable noun. If you describe an aspect of a situation as a contradiction, you mean that it is completely different from other aspects, and so makes the situation confused or difficult to understand. ...the contradictions between her private life and the public persona.
A contradiction is a situation or ideas in opposition to one another. Declaring publicly that you are an environmentalist but never remembering to take out the recycling is an example of a contradiction. A "contradiction in terms" is a common phrase used to describe a statement that contains opposing ideas.
assertion of the contrary or opposite; denial. a statement or proposition that contradicts or denies another or itself and is logically incongruous. direct opposition between things compared; inconsistency. a contradictory act, fact, etc. contradiction. / ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃən /.
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.
