CONTRADICTION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the speech act of contradicting someone
   Usage Example(s)
   • he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction
   Hypernyms(s) contradiction is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • negation (what does negation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • contradict (what does contradict mean?)
   • negate (what does negate mean?)
   • contravene (what does contravene mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (logic) a statement that is necessarily false
   Synonym(s)
   • contradiction in terms (what does contradiction in terms mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the statement `he is brave and he is not brave” is a contradiction
   Hypernyms(s) contradiction is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • falsehood (what does falsehood mean?)
   • falsity (what does falsity mean?)
   • untruth (what does untruth mean?)
   • false statement (what does false statement mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • antinomy (what does antinomy mean?)
   • paradox (what does paradox mean?)
3. Meaning
   • opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas
   Hypernyms(s) contradiction is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • opposition (what does opposition mean?)
   • oppositeness (what does oppositeness mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • dialectic (what does dialectic mean?)