OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 12060

contradiction

/ˌkɒntɹəˈdɪkʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
contradicción • contrasentido
A statement that contradicts itself, i.e., a statement that claims that the same thing is true and that it is false at the same time and in the same senses of the terms.
There is a contradiction in Clarence Page's statement that a woman should have the right to choose and decide for herself whether to have an abortion and at the same time she shoul…
There is a contradiction in what you say: she can't be both married and single.
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