contradiction

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Contradiction

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EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒntɹəˈdɪkʃən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑːntɹəˈdɪkʃən/
• Rhymes: -ɪkʃən

NounEdit

contradiction (countable and uncountable, plural contradictions)

1. (uncountable) The act of contradicting.

   His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting.

2. (countable) A statement that contradicts itself.

   There is a contradiction in what you say - she can't be both married and single.

3. (countable) a logical incompatibility among two or more elements or propositions

   Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism.

4. (logic, countable) A proposition that is false for all values of its variables.

SynonymsEdit

• (proposition that is false for all values of its variables): ↯, ⇒⇐, ⊥, ↮, ※

AntonymsEdit

• (proposition that is false for all values of its variables): tautology

Coordinate termsEdit

• (proposition that is false for all values of its variables): contingency, tautology

Related termsEdit

• contradict
• contradictory

TranslationsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin contradictio.

NounEdit

contradiction f (plural contradictions)

1. contradiction