CONTRADICTION

• (noun) the speech act of contradicting someone

  "he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction"

• (noun) (logic) a statement that is necessarily false

  "the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction"

  synonyms : contradiction in terms

• (noun) opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas

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