Contradiction

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The act or an instance of contradicting.
  • noun. The state of being contradicted.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An inconsistency or discrepancy.
  • noun. Inconsistency; discrepancy.
  • noun. One that contains elements that oppose or conflict with one another.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An assertion of the direct opposite to what has been said or affirmed; denial; contrary declaration.
  • noun. Opposition, whether by argument or conduct.
  • noun. Direct, opposition or repugnancy; absolute inconsistency; specifically, the relation of two propositions which are so opposed that one must be false and one must be true.
  • noun. Figuratively, a person who or a thing which is self-contradictory or inconsistent.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or affirmed; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; contrary declaration; gainsaying.
  • noun. Direct opposition or repugnancy; inconsistency; incongruity or contrariety; one who, or that which, is inconsistent.
  • noun. the axiom or law of thought that a thing cannot be and not be at the same time, or a thing must either be or not be, or the same attribute can not at the same time be affirmed and and denied of the same subject; also called the law of the excluded middle.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of contradicting.
  • noun. A statement that contradicts itself.
  • noun. a logical incompatibility among two or more elements or propositions
  • noun. (countable) A proposition that is false for all values of its variables.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas
  • noun. the speech act of contradicting someone
  • noun. (logic) a statement that is necessarily false
    • Word Usage
    "III. iii.26 (384,4) and to have his word/Of contradiction] _To have his word of contradiction_ is no more than, _he is used to contradict_; and"
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    addiction  affliction  benediction  constriction  conviction  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    absurdity  blunder  conflict  contrast  defect  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abjuration  abjurement  abrogation  absolute contradiction  annulment  
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