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contradiction en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌkɑːntɹəˈdɪkʃən/ (General-American)
• /ˌkɒntɹəˈdɪkʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English contradiccioun, contradiction, from Old French contradiction, from Latin contrādictiō, from contrādīcō (“speak against”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of contradicting.
   • His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting.
2. (countable) A statement that contradicts itself, i.e., a statement that claims that the same thing is true and that it is false at the same time and in the same senses of the terms.
   • There is a contradiction in what you say: she can't be both married and single.
   • 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.
3. (countable) A logical inconsistency among two or more elements or propositions.
   • Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism.
4. (countable) A proposition that is false for all values of its propositional variables or Boolean atoms.

Forms

Antonyms

tautology (antonym(s) of “proposition that is false for all values of its variables”)

Coordinates

contingency (proposition that is false for all values of its variables) · tautology (proposition that is false for all values of its variables)

Deriveds

principle of contradiction · contradictional · contradictionless · law of contradiction · proof by contradiction · intercontradiction · contradictionism · contradiction in terms · non-contradiction · noncontradiction · self-contradiction · law of non-contradiction · sign of contradiction

Relateds

contradictory · contradict

Synonyms

↯ (proposition that is false for all values of its variables) · ⇒⇐ (proposition that is false for all values of its variables) · ⊥ (proposition that is false for all values of its variables) · oxymoron (statement that contradicts itself) · ↮ (proposition that is false for all values of its variables) · ※ (proposition that is false for all values of its variables)

Translations (121)

uk протирі́ччя (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements) · sv självmotsägelse (proposition that is false for all values of its variables) · ko 모순 (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements) · he סתירה (statement that contradicts itself) · el αντίφαση (statement that contradicts itself) · mk противречење (act of contradicting) · la obloquium (act of contradicting) · pt contradição (act of contradicting) · oc contradiccion (act of contradicting) · ja 矛盾 (statement that contradicts itself) · de Gegensatz (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements) · it contraddizione (proposition that is false for all values of its variables) · ja 恒偽式 (proposition that is false for all values of its variables) · sv självmotsägelse (statement that contradicts itself) · ang wiþcwedennes (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements) · hi असंगति (act of contradicting) · bg противоречие (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements) · sv motsägelse (act of contradicting) · hu önellentmondás (statement that contradicts itself) · ko 모순 (act of contradicting) · mk противречие (statement that contradicts itself) · it contraddizione (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements) · fr contradiction (act of contradicting) · fr contradiction (statement that contradicts itself) · la obloquium (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements) · pl antynomia (statement that contradicts itself) · cmn 矛盾 (statement that contradicts itself) · hu ellentmondás (act of contradicting) · ang wiþcwedennes (statement that contradicts itself) · ka შეუსაბამობა (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements) · pt contradição (statement that contradicts itself) · cmn 矛盾 (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements) · pl sprzeczność (statement that contradicts itself) · nb motsigelse (act of contradicting) · uk супере́чність (statement that contradicts itself) · pt contradição (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements) · la obloquium (proposition that is false for all values of its variables) · it contraddizione (statement that contradicts itself) · ca contradicció (statement that contradicts itself) · bg противоречие (act of contradicting) · ko 모순 (statement that contradicts itself) · mk противречие (act of contradicting) · el αντίκρουση (act of contradicting) · ro contrazicere (act of contradicting) · bg отрицание (act of contradicting) · grc ἀντιλογία (act of contradicting) · lv pretruna (statement that contradicts itself) · hi विसंगति (act of contradicting) · sv motsägelse (statement that contradicts itself) · da paradoks (statement that contradicts itself) · cmn 反对 (act of contradicting) · la oblocutio (proposition that is false for all values of its variables) · pl antynomia (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements) · fi ristiriita (proposition that is false for all values of its variables) · mk противречие (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements) · cmn 反驳 (act of contradicting) · ga bréagnú (act of contradicting) · ang wiþcwedennes (act of contradicting) · ru противоре́чие (statement that contradicts itself) · ro contradicție (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements) · nl contradictie (act of contradicting) · gl contradición (act of contradicting) · pt contradição (proposition that is false for all values of its variables) · hi असंगति (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements) · mk противречие (proposition that is false for all values of its variables) · uk супере́чність (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements) · de Widerspruch (statement that contradicts itself) · sh противречност (act of contradicting) · cs spor (statement that contradicts itself) · sv självmotsägelse (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements) · fi kiistäminen (act of contradicting) · la repugnantia (act of contradicting) · gl contradición (statement that contradicts itself) · hu ellenkezés (act of contradicting) · oc contradiccion (statement that contradicts itself) · lt prieštaravimas (act of contradicting) · la obloquium (statement that contradicts itself) · ast contradicción (statement that contradicts itself) · id percanggahan (act of contradicting) · fr contradiction (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements) · ne विरोधाभास (act of contradicting) · la oblocutio (act of contradicting) · mk контрадикција (proposition that is false for all values of its variables) · es contrasentido (statement that contradicts itself) · id kontradiksi (act of contradicting) · da selvmodsigelse (statement that contradicts itself) · fr contradiction (proposition that is false for all values of its variables) · it contraddizione (act of contradicting) · la oblocutio (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements) · bg противоречие (statement that contradicts itself) · pl sprzeczność (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements) · pl sprzeczność (proposition that is false for all values of its variables) · cs kontradikce (proposition that is false for all values of its variables) · ka წინააღმდეგობა (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements) · de Widerspruch (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements) · ja 反駁 (act of contradicting) · ca contradicció (act of contradicting) · ja 矛盾式 (proposition that is false for all values of its variables) · fi ristiriita (statement that contradicts itself) · ro contradicție (act of contradicting) · da modsigelse (act of contradicting) · uk протирі́ччя (statement that contradicts itself) · hu ellentmondás (statement that contradicts itself) · fi ristiriita (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements) · lv pretruna (act of contradicting) · ar تَنَاقُضٌ (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements) · ru противоре́чие (act of contradicting) · la contrādictiō (act of contradicting) · es contradicción (statement that contradicts itself) · nl tegenspraak (act of contradicting) · ja 矛盾 (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements) · ast contradicción (act of contradicting) · hi असंगति (statement that contradicts itself) · cs rozpor (statement that contradicts itself) · de Widerspruch (act of contradicting) · la oblocutio (statement that contradicts itself) · el αντινομία (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements) · sh противречје (act of contradicting) · ro contradicție (statement that contradicts itself) · ja 反論 (act of contradicting) · ru противоре́чие (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements)