contradiction

/ˌkɒntɹəˈdɪkʃən/

The act of contradicting.

His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting.

A statement that contradicts itself, i.e., a statement that makes a claim 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 should not have that right.

A logical inconsistency among two or more elements or propositions.

Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism.

A proposition that is false for all values of its variables.

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