Noun: contradiction ,kón-tru'dik-shun
- Opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas
"There was a contradiction between his words and his actions"
- (logic) a statement that is necessarily false
"the statement ‘he is brave and he is not brave’ is a contradiction";
- contradiction in terms
- The speech act of contradicting someone
"he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction"
Derived forms: contradictions
Type of: falsehood, falsity, negation, oppositeness, opposition, untruth
Encyclopedia: Contradiction