contradiction

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A situation in which two things cannot both be true at the same time.

   There is a contradiction between what he says and what he does.

2. 2
   noun

   The act of saying that something is not true.

   They spoke as if their claims were immune to contradiction.

3. 3
   noun

   A statement that contradicts itself, claiming the same thing is both true and false.

   "I am brave and I am not brave" is a contradiction.

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

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