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    [Noun]  | "con*tra*dic*tion" | \ ˌkän-trə-ˈdik-shən \


    1: act or an instance of contradicting

    2: a proposition, statement, or phrase that asserts or implies both the truth and falsity of something

    3: a statement or phrase whose parts contradict each other

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English contradiccioun "objection, opposition, contradiction in logic" borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French contradiction, borrowed from Latin contrādictiōn-, contrādictiō "act of speaking in opposition, counterargument" (Late Latin also "contradiction in logic," after Greek antíphasis), from contrādic-, variant stem of contrādīcere "to speak against, object to" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action {mat|contradict|};

    [Noun]  | "self-con*tra*dic*tion" | \ ˌself-ˌkän-trə-ˈdik-shən \


    1: contradiction of oneself

    2: a self-contradictory statement or proposition

    Origin: 1606 ;

    [Noun phrase]  | "contradiction in terms" 


    1: a phrase that contains words which have very different or opposite meanings

    [Idiom]  | "without fear of contradiction" 


    1: with absolute certainty

    [Noun]  | "contradiction" 


    1: someone or something with qualities or features that seem to conflict with one another;


      * e.g., " ... a loving father as well as a ruthless killer, the gangster is a living contradiction "




    2: a refusal to confirm the truth of a statement;


      * e.g., " ... the actress's contradiction of the marriage rumor caused quite a stir "



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     [ "contradiction" ]

    1: A contradiction is two propositions used in combination where one makes the other impossible. It is something that is A and non-A at the same time. A contradiction, therefore, cannot exist in reality, since existence exists (whereas a contradiction could not possibly exist). In the cognitive process, reaching a contradiction as a conclusion or evaluation of reality is proof of an error in one's thinking.

      * e.g.,  ... A square circle is a contradiction in terms. It cannot even be imagined. 

     [ "contradiction" ]

    1: Calling something two things that are the opposite of each other.

      * e.g.,  ... Contradictions: That chick is so hot, but ugly. 

     [ "contradiction" ]

    1: usually what confused people do.

      * e.g.,  ... a giraffe says "moo, im a goat". now thats a contradiction. 

     [ "contradiction" ]

    1: The opposite of argument. From a legendary Monty Python sketch.

      * e.g.,  ... That's not an argument, it's contradiction! 

     [ "contradiction" ]

    1: noun; everything Pierson Bell says or does

      * e.g.,  ... Says: "I'm cutting back on homework." The contradiction: Gives hours of homework and bitches when you still try to do it, in class, but nonetheless you are still trying to do it. 

     [ "Contradicting Contradiction" ]

    1: A reoccurring happening of two simultaneous events with the premise that both events are polar oppossites to one another, where the result of the matter is physically a stalemate but morally, one side prevails glaringly over the other.

      * e.g.,  ... Life is a mixture of Contradicting Contradictions, a mixture of Hope and Despair. 

     [ "contradictator" ]

    1: noun. an ominpotent ruler or authority figure who denies what he/she believes either through actions or words.

      * e.g.,  ... We are forced to suffer under the rule of a contradictator. 

     [ "[contradictator]" ]

    1: noun. an ominpotent ruler or authority figure who denies what he/she believes either through actions or words.

      * e.g.,  ... We are forced to suffer under the rule of a contradictator. 

     [ "contradict" ]

    1: Inconsistance, to oppose.

      * e.g.,  ... The two contradicted each other. 

     [ "Contradiction" ]

    1: Taking screenshots of your Ex's pictures while telling her you're trying to move on at the same time.

      * e.g.,  ... I don't know what's up with A, he's been taking screenshots of his ex girlfriend's pictures now, textbook example of contradiction. 

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