contradictions

Noun

contradiction (countable and uncountable, plural contradictions)

1. The act of contradicting.
   • His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting.
2. (countable) A statement that contradicts itself, i.e., a statement that claims 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.

   Synonyms:

   oxymoron

3. (countable) A logical inconsistency among two or more elements or propositions.
   • Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism.
4. (countable) A proposition that is false for all values of its propositional variables or Boolean atoms.

   Synonyms:

   ↯, ⇒⇐, ⊥, ↮, ※