contradiction

Noun

Meaning

An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or affirmed; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; contrary declaration; gainsaying.

Direct opposition or repugnancy; inconsistency; incongruity or contrariety; one who, or that which, is inconsistent.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

oxymoron contradiction in terms counteraction difference contrast conflict opposition opposite variation dispute contrary collision inverse paradox rejection

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Antonyms

association federation alliance example standard evidence

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Hypernyms

opposition negation falsehood falsity untruth oppositeness

Hyponyms

paradox dialectic antinomy self-contradiction

Phrases with the word

absolute contradiction

Examples

People more easily tolerate opposition than a contradiction. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth. Blaise Pascal

I spoke without fear of contradiction. I simply did not suffer self-doubt. Elia Kazan

The world is a perpetual caricature of itself; at every moment it is the mockery and the contradiction of what it is pretending to be. George Santayana

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms. Groucho Marx

He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife. Douglas Adams

Close letter words and terms

contradicter contradictingly contradictio in terminis contradiction in terms contradictional contradictionary