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
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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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