contradiction

con·tra·dic·tion

noun

The definition of contradiction is a statement that is different than another statement.

An example of a contradiction is when a witness's second statement changes the details of what they said they saw during a crime in their first statement.

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contradiction

a contradicting or being contradicted
a statement in opposition to another; denial
a condition in which things tend to be contrary to each other; inconsistency; discrepancy
a person, thing, or statement having contradictory elements or qualities

Origin of contradiction

Middle English contradiccioun from Old French contradiction from Classical Latin contradictio

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contradiction

noun

a. The act or an instance of contradicting: the witness's contradiction of other testimony.
b. The state of being contradicted: a supervisor who cannot tolerate contradiction from any subordinate.
a. An inconsistency or discrepancy: “Surprisingly few people saw a contradiction between freedom for whites and bondage for slaves” ( Adam Hochschild )
b. Inconsistency; discrepancy: practices that are in contradiction to human rights.
One that contains elements that oppose or conflict with one another: The phrase “an unmarried husband” is a contradiction in terms.

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Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural contradictions)

(uncountable) The act of contradicting.
His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting.
(countable) A statement that contradicts itself.
There is a contradiction in what you say - she can't be both married and single.
(countable) a logical incompatibility among two or more elements or propositions
Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism.
(logic, countable) A proposition that is false for all values of its variables.