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1.1 Noun

1.1.1 Antonyms
1.1.2 Translations

1.2 Related terms

English

Noun

contradiction (countable and uncountable, plural contradictions)

  1. (uncountable) The act of contradicting.
    His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting.
  2. (countable) A statement that contradicts itself.
    There is a contradiction in what you say - she can't be both married and single.
  3. (logic, mathematics; countable) A proposition that is false for all values of its variables.

Antonyms

Translations

act of contradicting

  • Finnish: kiistäminen
  • French: contradiction f
  • Italian: contraddizione f


statement that contradicts itself

  • Finnish: ristiriita
  • French: contradiction f
  • German: Widerspruch m
  • Italian: contraddizione f
  • Portuguese: contradição f
  • Spanish: contradicción f


proposition that is false for all values of its variables

  • Finnish: ristiriita
  • French: contradiction f


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The noun "contradiction" has three senses:

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