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contradiction

noun

  1. logical incompatibility between two or more propositions
  2. to deny, negate, or oppose, deny, negate or oppose
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Pronunciation: /ˌkɒntɹəˈdɪkʃən/ / /ˌkɑːntɹəˈdɪkʃən/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English contradiccioun, contradiction, from Old French contradiction, from Latin contrādictiō, from contrādīcō (“speak against”).

  1. The act of contradicting.

    His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting.

  2. 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.

  3. A logical inconsistency among two or more elements or propositions.

    Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism.

  4. A proposition that is false for all values of its propositional variables or Boolean atoms.