## Meanings
1. A situation in which two things cannot both be true at the same time.
2. The act of saying that something is not true.
3. A statement that contradicts itself, claiming the same thing is both true and false.

## Examples
- There is a contradiction between what he says and what he does.
- They spoke as if their claims were immune to contradiction.
- "I am brave and I am not brave" is a contradiction.

## Antonyms
- tautology

## Derived Forms
- contradictional
- contradictionism
- contradictionless
- intercontradiction
- non-contradiction
- noncontradiction
- self-contradiction

## Related Forms
- contradict
- contradictory

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: contradiccioun
- Root: contradiction
- Root: contrādictiō

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

## AI Etymology
contradiction is a noun. It is from Middle English contradiccioun, contradiction, from Old French contradiction, from Latin contrādictiō, from contrādīcō (“speak against”). Historical forms in the chain include contradiccioun (Middle English), contradiction (Old French), and contrādictiō (Latin). Current senses include a situation in which two things cannot both be true at the same time, the act of saying that something is not true, and a statement that contradicts itself, claiming the same thing is both true and false. Derived forms include contradictional, contradictionism, contradictionless, intercontradiction, and non-contradiction. Related words include contradict and contradictory.

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