Defenition of the word contradiction

• Defenition of the word contradiction

  • State that represents opposed aspects.
  • the speech act of contradicting someone; "he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction"
  • opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas
  • (in logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction"
  • (logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement `he is brave and he is not brave'' is a contradiction"
  • the speech act of contradicting someone
  • (logic) a statement that is necessarily false

Synonyms for the word contradiction

• • contradiction in terms

Hyponyms for the word contradiction

• • antinomy
  • dialectic
  • paradox
  • self-contradiction

Hypernyms for the word contradiction

• • false statement
  • falsehood
  • falsity
  • negating
  • negation
  • oppositeness
  • opposition
  • untruth

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