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contradiction

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[ US /ˌkɑntɹəˈdɪkʃən/ ]
[ UK /kˌɒntɹədˈɪkʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. (logic) a statement that is necessarily false
    the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction
  2. opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas
  3. the speech act of contradicting someone
    he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction

How To Use contradiction In A Sentence

  • Does anybody see the contradiction is the Lefts attack on seniors who use Medicare? Sebelius: There will be competition with private insurers
  • We do need to show that we can talk without contradiction of God's universal salvific will and the scandalous particularity of the incarnate and risen Lord.
  • Nkrumah saw this as a contradiction, and was critical, thus annoying Nyerere who should have been a natural ally.
  • But as Leider's impressive research and masterful writing shows, off-screen he was full of contradictions.
  • His system admits no contradiction between free will and determinism, the God of philosophy and that of the Quran.
  • There is a contradiction here, both within his statements and with the biblical text.
  • The problem is that some of these shared assumptions are loaded with inconsistencies and contradictions.
  • Wisdom appears in contradiction to itself, which is a trick life plays on philosophy of life.
  • The true augmented sixth and the true cadence gain in significance as a contradiction to the false cadencing around the mediant.
  • This seeming contradiction within the document may perhaps be explained in the following manner. Urbanization in Post-Apartheid South Africa
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