contradiction as a noun: - 1
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contradiction
noun
1 contradiction
Opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas.
Roget 536:
negation,
abnegation;
denial;
disavowal,
disclaimer;
abjuration;
contradiction,
contravention;
recusation [Law],
protest;
recusancy
etc.
(dissent)
489;
flat contradiction,
emphatic contradiction,
emphatic denial,
dementi [Lat.].
qualification
etc.
469;
repudiation
etc.
610;
retraction
etc.
607;
confutation
etc.
479;
refusal
etc.
764;
prohibition
etc.
761.
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Roget 14:
contrariety,
contrast,
foil,
antithesis,
oppositeness;
contradiction;
antagonism
etc.
(opposition)
708;
clashing,
repugnance.
inversion
etc.
218;
the opposite,
the reverse,
the inverse,
the converse,
the antipodes,
the antithesis,
the other extreme.
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Roget 489:
dissent;
discordance
etc.
(disagreement)
24;
difference diversity of opinion.
nonconformity
etc.
(heterodoxy)
984;
protestantism,
recusancy,
schism;
disaffection;
secession
etc.
624;
recantation
etc.
607.
dissension
etc.
(discord)
713;
discontent
etc.
832;
cavilling.
protest;
contradiction
etc.
(denial)
536;
noncompliance
etc.
(rejection)
764.
dissentient,
dissenter;
non-juror,
non-content,
nonconformist;
sectary,
separatist,
recusant,
schismatic,
protestant,
heretic.
refusal
etc.
764.
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Dutch: antilogie, contradictie, discordantie, incoherentie, inconsequentie, inconsistentie, onsamenhangendheid, strijdigheid, tegenstrijdigheid
Polish: przeciwstawność, rozbrat, antyteza, przeciwieństwo, kontradyktoryjność, przeciwstawienie, antytetyczność, antynomia, opozycja, niezgodność, sprzeczność, antynomiczność, kontrast ... show more
2 contradiction
logic A statement that is necessarily false:
— The statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction.
synonym: contradiction in terms.
Dutch: contradictie
3 contradiction
The speech act of contradicting someone.
Dutch: tegenspraak
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