Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act of contradicting.
- n. The state of being contradicted.
- n. A denial.
- n. Inconsistency; discrepancy.
- n. Something that contains contradictory elements.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An assertion of the direct opposite to what has been said or affirmed; denial; contrary declaration.
- n. Opposition, whether by argument or conduct.
- n. 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.
- n. Figuratively, a person who or a thing which is self-contradictory or inconsistent.
Wiktionary
- n. uncountable The act of contradicting.
- n. countable A statement that contradicts itself.
- n. countable a logical incompatibility among two or more elements or propositions
- n. logic (countable) A proposition that is false for all values of its variables.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or affirmed; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; contrary declaration; gainsaying.
- n. Direct opposition or repugnancy; inconsistency; incongruity or contrariety; one who, or that which, is inconsistent.
WordNet 3.0
- n. opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas
- n. the speech act of contradicting someone
- n. (logic) a statement that is necessarily false
Etymologies
- From Latin contrādictiō, from contrādīcō ("speak against"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“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”
“But for Gingrich, the word contradiction has no meaning.”
Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis
“Does anybody see the contradiction is the Lefts attack on seniors who use Medicare?”
“Does anybody see the contradiction is the Lefts attack on seniors who use Medicare?”
“In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory.”
“That's what we call a contradiction and hypocrisy that shows how undeserving of the label "Christian" their polices truly are.”
“In formal logic a contradiction is the signal of a defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory.”
“House Speaker John Boehner sought an explanation of what he termed a "contradiction" between Obama's stated goal of regime change in Libya and the limitation of the United Nations- sanctioned attack to curbing the ability of Muammar Qaddafi's forces to attack civilians.”
“Compared to some countries, this amount of 'contradiction' is tolerable.”
“Yes, though I think it's often both ideas working at the same time, and not in contradiction; it's about wanting to see how someone you can recognize as in some ways like yourself handles a situation you don't recognize.”
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