contradiction

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌkɒntɹəˈdɪkʃən/    美 /ˌkɑːntɹəˈdɪkʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of contradicting. countable,uncountable
    — His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting.
  2. 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. countable
    — 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.
  3. A logical inconsistency among two or more elements or propositions. countable
    — Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism.
  4. A proposition that is false for all values of its propositional variables or Boolean atoms. countable

词形变化

contradictions plural

词汇关系

反义词
tautology
衍生词
contradictional contradiction in terms contradictionism contradictionless intercontradiction law of contradiction law of non-contradiction non-contradiction noncontradiction principle of contradiction proof by contradiction self-contradiction sign of contradiction
相关词
contradict contradictory

词源

From Middle English contradiccioun, contradiction, from Old French contradiction, from Latin contrādictiō, from contrādīcō (“speak against”).
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