What does Contradiction mean?
Definitions for Contradiction
ˌkɒn trəˈdɪk ʃəncon·tra·dic·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
contradictionnoun
opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas
contradiction, contradiction in termsnoun
(logic) a statement that is necessarily false
"the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction"
contradictionnoun
the speech act of contradicting someone
"he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction"
Wiktionary
contradictionnoun
The act of contradicting.
His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting.
contradictionnoun
A statement that contradicts itself.
There is a contradiction in what you say - she can't be both married and single.
contradictionnoun
a logical incompatibility among two or more elements or propositions
Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism.
contradictionnoun
A proposition that is false for all values of its variables.
Etymology: From contradictio, from contradico.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Contradictionnoun
Etymology: from contradict.
That tongue,
Inspir’d with contradiction, durst oppose
A third part of the gods. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. vi.Consider him that endureth such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied. Heb. xii. 3.
The apostle’s advice to be angry and sin not, was a contradiction in their philosophy. Robert South, Sermons.
If truth be once perceived, we do thereby also perceive whatsoever is false in contradiction to it. Nehemiah Grew, Cosmol. b. ii.
All contradictions grow in those minds, which neither absolutely climb the rock of virtue, nor freely sink into the sea of vanity. Philip Sidney, b. ii.
Laws human must be made without contradiction unto any positive law in scripture. Richard Hooker, b. iii. s. 9.
Can he make deathless death? That were
Strange contradiction, which to God himself
Impossible is held; as argument
Of weakness, not of pow’r. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. x.
Wikipedia
Contradiction
In traditional logic, a contradiction occurs when a proposition conflicts either with itself or established fact. It is often used as a tool to detect disingenuous beliefs and bias. Illustrating a general tendency in applied logic, Aristotle's law of noncontradiction states that "It is impossible that the same thing can at the same time both belong and not belong to the same object and in the same respect."In modern formal logic and type theory, the term is mainly used instead for a single proposition, often denoted by the falsum symbol ⊥ {\displaystyle \bot } ; a proposition is a contradiction if false can be derived from it, using the rules of the logic. It is a proposition that is unconditionally false (i.e., a self-contradictory proposition). This can be generalized to a collection of propositions, which is then said to "contain" a contradiction.
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contradiction
A contradiction refers to a combination of statements, propositions, ideas, or actions that are opposed to one another and can't all be true simultaneously. It often refers to a situation where one fact makes another impossible or something goes against established facts or truths. They are considered inconsistent or conflicting, and in logic, contradicting statements cannot both be true in the same sense at the same time.
Webster Dictionary
Contradictionnoun
an assertion of the contrary to what has been said or affirmed; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; contrary declaration; gainsaying
Contradictionnoun
direct opposition or repugnancy; inconsistency; incongruity or contrariety; one who, or that which, is inconsistent
Etymology: [L. contradictio answer, objection: cf. F. contradiction.]
Wikidata
Contradiction
In classical logic, a contradiction consists of a logical incompatibility between two or more propositions. It occurs when the propositions, taken together, yield two conclusions which form the logical, usually opposite inversions of each other. Illustrating a general tendency in applied logic, Aristotle's law of noncontradiction states that "One cannot say of something that it is and that it is not in the same respect and at the same time." By extension, outside of classical logic, one can speak of contradictions between actions when one presumes that their motives contradict each other.
The Roycroft Dictionary
contradiction
1. Two lies disputing the roadway. 2. A head-on collision in which two trains of thought telescope each other.
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Examples of Contradiction in a Sentence
Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.
Good taste and humor are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.
In contradiction and paradox, you can find truth.
This persons life is in such a contradiction to the faith that we see no evidence that they are a Christian.
Man is an intellectual animal, therefore an everlasting contradiction to himself. His senses centre in himself, his ideas reach to the ends of the universe; so that he is torn in pieces between the two without the possibility of its ever being otherwise. A mere physical being or a pure spirit can alone be satisfied with itself.
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- تناق, تنقصArabic
- противоречие, отрицаниеBulgarian
- contradiccióCatalan, Valencian
- kontradikce, rozpor, sporCzech
- modsigelseDanish
- Widerspruch, GegensatzGerman
- αντίκρουση, αντίφαση, αντινομίαGreek
- kontraŭdiroEsperanto
- contradicciónSpanish
- تناق� Persian
- ristiriita, kiistäminenFinnish
- contradictionFrench
- contrárthaIrish
- contradiciónGalician
- סתירהHebrew
- विरोधाभासHindi
- ellentmondásHungarian
- հակասությու� Armenian
- kontradiksiIndonesian
- contraddizioneItalian
- סְתִירָהHebrew
- 矛盾, 矛盾式, 恒偽式Japanese
- ವಿರೋಧಾಭಾಸKannada
- 모순Korean
- obloquium, oblocutio, contrādictiōLatin
- контрадикција, противречие, противречењеMacedonian
- tegenspraakDutch
- motsigelseNorwegian
- contradiccionOccitan
- sprzecznośćPolish
- contradiçãoPortuguese
- contrazicere, contradicțieRomanian
- противоречиеRussian
- противречност, противречјеSerbo-Croatian
- motsatsSwedish
- முரண்பாடுTamil
- వైరుధ్యంTelugu
- ความขัดแย้งThai
- çelişkiTurkish
- протиріччяUkrainian
- ت� ادUrdu
- mâu thuẫnVietnamese
- סטירעYiddish
- 矛盾Chinese
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