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contradiction

noun
/ˌkɒntɹəˈdɪkʃən/UK/ˌkɑːntɹəˈdɪkʃən/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from contrādictiō
  2. derived from contradiction
  3. inherited from contradiccioun

Definitions

  1. The act of contradicting.

    • His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting.

  2. A statement that contradicts itself, i.e., a statement that claims that the same thing is…

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

  3. A logical inconsistency among two or more elements or propositions.

    • Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A proposition that is false for all values of its propositional variables or Boolean…

      A proposition that is false for all values of its propositional variables or Boolean atoms.

The neighborhood

Derived

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

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at contradiction. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at contradiction. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at contradiction

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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