Contradiction - English meaning

ˌkɒn.trəˈdɪk.ʃən

Contradiction – definitions in English dictionary

noun
A combination of statements, ideas, or features which are opposed to one another.
Usage examples:
The proposed new system suffers from a set of internal contradictions

noun
The fact of something being the complete opposite of something else or very different from something else, so that one of them must be wrong
Usage examples:
You say that you're good friends and yet you don't trust him. isn't that a contradiction?

noun
A combination of words that is nonsense because some of the words suggest the opposite of some of the others
Usage examples:
Many people think that an honest politician is a contradiction in terms.

Contradiction translation into English

Contradiction: translate from English into Chinese

矛盾, 抵触

Contradiction: translate from English into Dutch

Tegenstrijdigheid, Tegenspraak, Tegenstrijd

Contradiction: translate from English into French

Contradiction, Démenti, Incohérence

Contradiction: translate from English into German

Widerspruch, Widersprüchlichkeit, Widerrede, Widersprechen, Gegenrede

Contradiction: translate from English into Hindi

अंतर्विरोध, विरोध, खंडन, प्रतिवाद, निराकरण, परस्पर विरोध

Contradiction: translate from English into Italian

Contraddizione

Contradiction: translate from English into Korean

모순, 상충, 부정

Contradiction: translate from English into Russian

Противоречие, Противоположность, Расхождение, Опровержение, Антагонистичность, Полное несоответствие

Contradiction: translate from English into Spanish

Contradicción, Desdicha

Word origin

late Middle English: via Old French from Latin contradictio(n- ), from the verb contradicere (see contradict).

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Contradiction – similar words

contradicted

ˌkɒn.trəˈdɪkt

verb
Deny the truth of (a statement) by asserting the opposite.
Usage examples:
The survey appears to contradict the industry's claims

verb
Past simple and past participle of contradict

verb
(of people) to say the opposite of what someone else has said, or (of one fact or statement) to be so different from another fact or statement that one of them must be wrong
Usage examples:
If you're both going to lie, at least stick to the same story and don't contradict each other!, con…

Contradicted - all meanings in English

contradict

ˌkɒn.trəˈdɪkt

verb
Deny the truth of (a statement) by asserting the opposite.
Usage examples:
The survey appears to contradict the industry's claims

verb
(of people) to state the opposite of what someone has said, or (of one fact or statement) to be so different from another fact or statement that one of them must be wrong
Usage examples:
Her testimony contradicted the policeman’s testimony, and the jury had to decide who was telling th…

verb
(of people) to say the opposite of what someone else has said, or (of one fact or statement) to be so different from another fact or statement that one of them must be wrong
Usage examples:
If you're both going to lie, at least stick to the same story and don't contradict each other!, con…

Contradict - all meanings in English

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