Definition of contradiction

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Contradiction (n.) An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or affirmed; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; contrary declaration; gainsaying.

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Bureaucracy :: Bureaucracy (n.) A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the officers of government have an associated authority and responsibility; also, government conducted on this system..
Contradictions :: Contradictions (a.) Filled with contradictions; inconsistent.
Apodictical :: Apodictical (a.) Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. i.) To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.
Antinomy :: Antinomy (n.) A contradiction or incompatibility of thought or language; -- in the Kantian philosophy, such a contradiction as arises from the attempt to apply to the ideas of the reason, relations or attributes which are appropriate only to the facts or the concepts of experience..
Contradiction :: Contradiction (n.) Direct opposition or repugnancy; inconsistency; incongruity or contrariety; one who, or that which, is inconsistent..
Contradiction :: Contradiction (n.) An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or affirmed; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; contrary declaration; gainsaying.
Apodictically :: Apodictically (adv.) So as to be evident beyond contradiction.
Reproof :: Reproof (n.) Refutation; confutation; contradiction.
Contradictional :: Contradictional (a.) Contradictory; inconsistent; opposing.
Antilogy :: Antilogy (n.) A contradiction between any words or passages in an author.
Crossing :: Crossing (v. t.) Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction.
Harmonize :: Harmonize (v. t.) To adjust in fit proportions; to cause to agree; to show the agreement of; to reconcile the apparent contradiction of.
Undersay :: Undersay (v. t.) To say by way of derogation or contradiction.
Recantation :: Recantation (n.) The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction.
Balk :: Balk (v. i.) To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
Contradictions :: Contradictions (a.) Inclined to contradict or cavi.
Suppression :: Suppression (n.) Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion; as, suppression of urine; -- used in contradiction to retention, which signifies that the secretion or excretion is retained without expulsion..
Unanimous :: Unanimous (a.) Formed with unanimity; indicating unanimity; having the agreement and consent of all; agreed upon without the opposition or contradiction of any; as, a unanimous opinion; a unanimous vote..
Denial :: Denial (n.) A refusal to admit the truth of a statement, charge, imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing stated or maintained; a contradiction..
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