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contradiction
 
Noun contradiction has 3 senses
  1. contradiction - opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas
    --1 is a kind of     opposition, oppositeness
    --1 has particulars: dialectic
  2. contradiction, contradiction in terms - (logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction"
    --2 is a kind of falsehood, falsity, untruth, false statement
    --2 has particulars: antinomy; paradox
  3. contradiction - the speech act of contradicting someone; "he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction"
    --3 is a kind of     negation
    Derived form: verb contradict2
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