contradiction

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Etymology

From Latin contrādictiō, from contrādīcō (“speak against”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˌkɒntɹəˈdɪkʃən/, X-SAMPA: /%kQntr@"dIkS@n/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˌkɑːntɹəˈdɪkʃən/, X-SAMPA: /%kA:ntr@"dIkS@n/
• Rhymes: -ɪkʃən

Noun

contradiction (countable and uncountable; plural contradictions)

1. (uncountable) The act of contradicting.

   His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting.

2. (countable) A statement that contradicts itself.

   There is a contradiction in what you say - she can't be both married and single.

3. (countable) a logical incompatibility among two or more elements or propositions

   Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism.

4. (logic) (countable) A proposition that is false for all values of its variables.

Synonyms

• (proposition that is false for all values of its variables): ↯, ⇒⇐, ⊥, ↮, ※

Antonyms

• (proposition that is false for all values of its variables): tautology

Coordinate terms

• (proposition that is false for all values of its variables): contingency, tautology

Related terms

• contradict
• contradictory

Translations

act of contradicting

• Asturian: contradicción (ast) f
• Bulgarian: отрицание (bg) (otricanie) n, противоречие (bg) (protivorečie) n
• Catalan: contradicció (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 矛盾 (cmn) (máodùn)

• Finnish: kiistäminen
• French: contradiction (fr) f
• Galician: contradición (gl) f
• German: Widerspruch (de) m
• Greek: αντίκρουση (el) (antíkrousi) f
• Indonesian: kontradiksi (id)

• Italian: contraddizione (it) f
• Japanese: 矛盾 (ja) (むじゅん, mujun)
• Korean: 모순 (ko)
• Latin: contrādictiō (la) f, obloquium (la), oblocutio (la)
• Macedonian: противречие (mk) (protivoréčie) n, противречење (mk) (protivoréčenje) n
• Occitan: contradiccion (oc) f
• Romanian: contradicție (ro) f, contrazicere (ro)
• Russian: противоречие (ru) (protivoréčije) n
• Serbo-Croatian: противречје (sh) (protivrečje) n, противречност (sh) (protivrečnost) n
• Swedish: motsats (sv) c

statement that contradicts itself

• Asturian: contradicción (ast) f
• Bulgarian: противоречие (bg) (protivorečie) n
• Catalan: contradicció (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 矛盾 (cmn) (máodùn)

• Czech: rozpor (cs) m, spor (cs) m
• Finnish: ristiriita (fi)
• French: contradiction (fr) f
• Galician: contradición (gl) f
• German: Widerspruch (de) m
• Greek: αντίφαση (el) (antífasi) f
• Hebrew: סתירה (stira) f

• Hungarian: ellentmondás (hu)
• Italian: contraddizione (it) f
• Japanese: 矛盾 (ja) (むじゅん, mujun)
• Latin: obloquium (la), oblocutio (la)
• Macedonian: противречие (mk) (protivoréčie) n
• Occitan: contradiccion (oc) f
• Polish: sprzeczność
• Portuguese: contradição (pt) f
• Romanian: contradicție (ro) f
• Russian: противоречие (ru) (protivoréčije) n
• Spanish: contradicción (es) f

the logical incompatibility of opposing elements

• Arabic: تنقص (ar) (tanaqquS) m
• Bulgarian: противоречие (bg) (protivorečie) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 矛盾 (cmn) (máodùn)

• Finnish: ristiriita (fi)
• French: contradiction (fr) f
• German: Gegensatz (de) m, Widerspruch (de) m
• Greek: αντινομία (el) (antinomía) f

• Italian: contraddizione (it) f
• Japanese: 矛盾 (ja) (むじゅん, mujun)
• Latin: obloquium (la), oblocutio (la)
• Macedonian: противречие (mk) (protivoréčie) n
• Polish: sprzeczność (pl) f
• Romanian: contradicție (ro) f
• Russian: противоречие (ru) (protivoréčije) n

proposition that is false for all values of its variables

• Czech: kontradikce (cs) f
• Finnish: ristiriita (fi)
• French: contradiction (fr) f
• Italian: contraddizione (it)

• Japanese: 恒偽式 (ja) (こうぎしき, kōgishiki), 矛盾式 (ja) (むじゅんしき, mujun shiki)
• Latin: obloquium (la), oblocutio (la)
• Macedonian: контрадикција (mk) (kontradíkcija) f, противречие (mk) (protivoréčie) n
• Polish: sprzeczność

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contradictio.

Noun

contradiction f (plural contradictions)

1. contradiction