contradiction

[ˌkɑːntrəˈdɪkʃn]

Definition:
1. Opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas.
2. (logic) a statement that is necessarily false.
3. The speech act of contradicting someone.

Use 'contradiction' in a sentence:

1. It is actually a good lead-in to some of the techniques that Neel used, that she employed to bridge that contradiction.
2. Isn't that a bit of a contradiction?
3. I think I can say, without fear of contradiction , that.
4. Our lives are filled with contradiction.
5. Now you say you both left at ten—that's a contradiction of your last statement.
6. The book merely touches on the main contradiction of feudal society, it does not go into it deeply.
7. So here is a seeming contradiction.
8. Now, this apparent contradiction between geologic evidence and the stellar evolution model became known as the faint young Sun paradox.
9. Your attitude is in contradiction to your character.
10. A public service run for profit — a contradiction in terms if there ever was one.
11. His remark is full of contradictions and flaws.
12. The performance seemed to me unpardonable, a contradiction of all that the Olympics is supposed to be.
13. Contradictions grow in breadth and in depth.
14. It would be a contradiction of his Word.
15. How to resolve this contradiction?
16. People think that 's a contradiction.
17. The incident increased the contradictions between the two countries.
18. The contradictions are becoming increasingly acute.
19. Your reply today is in direct contradiction to what you said last week.
20. It's a contradiction in terms.
21. Ita s a contradiction in terms.
22. That is a choice, not a contradiction.
23. His speech contained many contradictions.
24. Each aspect of a contradiction presupposes the existence of the other aspect.
25. Can you explain the contradiction?
26. They are unable to get to the heart of a problem and naturally cannot find a way to resolve its contradictions.
27. This mechanism has such functions as integrating relations, resolving contradictions, superseding the old, improving efficiency.
28. Medicine Health System Mechanism Innovation: Special Contradiction and Way Choice.
29. Is that a contradiction?
30. The militants see no contradiction in using violence to bring about a religious state.
31. It is precisely in the particularity of contradiction that the universality of contradiction resides.
32. The contradictions are sharpening.
33. There are so many inherent contradictions in his arguments.
34. A 'nomad settlement' is a contradiction in terms.
35. The two aspects of every contradiction coexist in a single entity.
36. Attempting to resolve this contradiction, Harris concludes that Fern employed flowery rhetoric strategically to disguise her subversive goals beneath apparent conventionality.
37. As socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, the main contradiction facing Chinese society has evolved.
38. A generous miser is a contradiction in terms.
39. Problems occur only if a contradiction develops between a new observation, say, "That ball is blue", and the preexisting statements.
40. Once this principal contradiction is grasped, all problems can be readily solved.
41. Now you say you both left at ten ─ that's a contradiction of your last statement.
42. Riddled with a thousand gaping wounds, this reactionary clique is now beset with difficulties and contradictions both in internal and external affairs.
43. Motion itself is a contradiction.
44. There is a contradiction between the two sets of figures.
45. How can we resolve this apparent contradiction?
46. The contradiction has become apparent.
47. He laid special stress on analysing the particularity of the contradiction.
48. Milton is also sensitive to the fact that the very phrase "Christian epic" is in some way a contradiction in terms.
49. His public speeches are in direct contradiction to his personal lifestyle.