contradictoriness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English contradictory Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English contradictoriness From contradictory + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state or quality of being contradictory.
The contradictoriness and multifacetedness of identity is a constant theme in a play which deals so centrally with ideas of plays, illusion, rôle-playing and theatricality.
1991, Michael Mangan, “‘Break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue’”, in A Preface to Shakespeare’s Tragedies (Preface Books), London; New York, N.Y.: Longman, →ISBN, part 3 (Critical Analysis: […]), page 133:
Translations (2)
el αντιφατικότητα (state or quality of being contradictory) · sv motsägelsefullhet (state or quality of being contradictory)