contradiction

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˌkɒntɹəˈdɪkʃən/, SAMPA: /%kQntr@"dIkS@n/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˌkɑːntɹəˈdɪkʃən/, 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

Bulgarian: отрицание (bg) n., противоречие (bg) n. Chinese: Mandarin: 矛盾 (cmn) (máodùn) Finnish: kiistäminen French: contradiction (fr) 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. Romanian: contradicție (ro) f., contrazicere (ro) Russian: противоречие (ru) (protivoréčije) n. Serbian: противречје (sr) (protivrečje) n., противречност (sr) (protivrečnost) n. Swedish: motsats (sv) c.

statement that contradicts itself

Bulgarian: противоречие (bg) n. Chinese: Mandarin: 矛盾 (cmn) (máodùn) Czech: rozpor (cs) m., spor (cs) m. Finnish: ristiriita (fi) French: contradiction (fr) 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. 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) 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)

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