CONTRADICTION
\kˌɒntɹədˈɪkʃən], \kˌɒntɹədˈɪkʃən], \k_ˌɒ_n_t_ɹ_ə_d_ˈɪ_k_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of CONTRADICTION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the speech act of contradicting someone; "he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction"
By Princeton University
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the speech act of contradicting someone; "he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Direct opposition or repugnancy; inconsistency; incongruity or contrariety; one who, or that which, is inconsistent.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. Verbal denial; —an assertion of the contrary to what has been affirmed; —direct opposition or repugnancy; contrariety.
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Verbal opposition, controversial assertion ; opposition; in consistency, incongruity ; contrariety in thought or effect.
By Thomas Sheridan