contradiction
(noun)
noun
1. opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas
Definition categories: link, oppositeness, opposition
2. (logic) a statement that is necessarily false
- the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction
Definition categories: communication, falsehood, falsity, untruth
3. the speech act of contradicting someone
- he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction
Definition categories: communication, negation
Sentences with contradiction as a noun:
- His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting.
- 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.
- Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism.