Search results
- 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"
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
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.
noun. the act of going against; opposition; denial. a declaration of the opposite or contrary. a statement that is at variance with itself (often in the phrase a contradiction in terms ) conflict or inconsistency, as between events, qualities, etc. a person or thing containing conflicting qualities.
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 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.
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.
1. the act of going against; opposition; denial. 2. a declaration of the opposite or contrary. 3. a statement that is at variance with itself (often in the phrase a contradiction in terms) 4. conflict or inconsistency, as between events, qualities, etc.
[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 Examples.
CONTRADICTION meaning: 1 : the act of saying something that is opposite or very different in meaning to something else; 2 : a difference or disagreement between two things which means that both cannot be true.
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.
