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Contradiction Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Contradiction?
[n] the speech act of contradicting someone; "he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction"
[n] (logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction" [n] opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas Synonyms | Synonyms for Contradiction: contradiction in terms Related Terms | Find terms related to Contradiction: abjuration | abjurement | abrogation | absolute contradiction | annulment | answer | antagonism | antipathy | antithesis | argumentation | backlash | bucking | challenge | chucking | chucking out | clashing | collision | complete answer | conflict | confounding | confrontation | confutation | contempt | contention | contradistinction | contraindication | contraposition | contrariety | contrary assertion | contrast | contravention | contraversion | controversion | controversy | counteraction | countering | counterposition | counterworking | crankiness | crosscurrent | crossing | cross-purposes | crotchetiness | declination | declining | demolition | denial | despisal | despising | difference | disaccord | disaccordance | disaffirmation | disagreement | disallowance | disapproval | disavowal | discard | disclaimer | disclamation | discord | discordance | discordancy | discounting | discrediting | discrepancy | disharmony | dismissal | disownment | disparity | disproof | disregard | dissension | dissent | dissidence | dissonance | disunion | disunity | divergence | diversity | effective rejoinder | exception | exclusion | faction | forswearing | friction | gainsaying | head wind | hostility | ignoring | impugnation | impugnment | inaccordance | inconsistency | inequality | inimicalness | interference | jarring | kick | negation | nonacceptance | nonapproval | nonconformity | nonconsideration | nullification | opposing | oppositeness | opposition | opposure | oppugnance | oppugnancy | oppugnation | overthrow | overthrowal | passing by | perverseness | perversity | polarity | putting away | putting out | reaction | rebuff | rebutment | rebuttal | recalcitrance | recantation | recoil | refusal | refutal | refutation | rejection | renitency | renouncement | renunciation | repercussion | repudiation | repugnance | repulse | resistance | retractation | retraction | revocation | revolt | scouting | showdown | spurning | squelch | standing against | subversion | swimming upstream | throwing out | traversal | turning out | undercurrent | undermining | unharmoniousness | upset | upsetting | variance See Also | dialectic | false statement | falsehood | falsity | negation | oppositeness | opposition | paradox | untruth Contradiction In Webster's Dictionary \Con`tra*dic"tion\, n. [L. contradictio answer,
objection: cf. F. contradiction.]
1. An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or
affirmed; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion;
contrary declaration; gainsaying.
His fair demands Shall be accomplished without
contradiction. --Shak.
2. Direct opposition or repugnancy; inconsistency;
incongruity or contrariety; one who, or that which, is
inconsistent.
can be make deathless death? That were to make
Strange contradiction. --Milton.
We state our experience and then we come to a manly
resolution of acting in contradiction to it.
--Burke.
Both parts of a contradiction can not possibly be
true. --Hobbes.
Of contradictions infinite the slave. --Wordsworth.
{Principle of contradiction} (Logic), the axiom or law of
thought that a thing cannot be and not be at the same
time, or a thing must either be or not be, or the same
attribute can not at the same time be affirmed and and
denied of the same subject.
Note: It develops itself in three specific forms which have
been called the ``Three Logical Axioms.'' First, ``A is
A.'' Second, ``A is not Not-A'' Third, ``Everything is
either A or Not-A.''
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