contradiction
noun
- logical incompatibility between two or more propositions
- to deny, negate, or oppose, deny, negate or oppose
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌkɒntɹəˈdɪkʃən/ / /ˌkɑːntɹəˈdɪkʃən/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English contradiccioun, contradiction, from Old French contradiction, from Latin contrādictiō, from contrādīcō (“speak against”).
- The act of contradicting.
“His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting.”
- A statement that contradicts itself, i.e., a statement that claims that the same thing is true and that it is false at the same time and in the same senses of the terms.
“There is a contradiction in Clarence Page's statement that a woman should have the right to choose and decide for herself whether to have an abortion and at the same time she should not have that right.”
“There is a contradiction in what you say: she can't be both married and single.”
- A logical inconsistency among two or more elements or propositions.
“Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism.”
- A proposition that is false for all values of its propositional variables or Boolean atoms.