contradiction

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkɒntɹəˈdɪkʃən/
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• General-American: /ˌkɑːntɹəˈdɪkʃən/
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• rhymes with -ɪkʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: K AA2 N T R AH0 D IH1 K SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English contradiccioun, contradiction, from Old French contradiction, from Latin contrādictiō, from contrādīcō (“speak against”).

121 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: contradicción — act of contradicting
• Bulgarian: отрицание (otricanie) — act of contradicting
• Bulgarian: противоречие (protivorečie) — act of contradicting
• Catalan: contradicció — act of contradicting
• Chinese Mandarin: 反对 (fǎnduì) — act of contradicting
• Chinese Mandarin: 反驳 (fǎnbó) — act of contradicting
• Danish: modsigelse — act of contradicting
• Dutch: tegenspraak — act of contradicting
• Dutch: contradictie — act of contradicting
• Finnish: kiistäminen — act of contradicting
• French: contradiction — act of contradicting
• Galician: contradición — act of contradicting
• German: Widerspruch — act of contradicting
• Greek: αντίκρουση (antíkrousi) — act of contradicting
• Ancient Greek: ἀντιλογία (antilogía) — act of contradicting
• Hindi: असंगति (asaṅgti) — act of contradicting
• Hindi: विसंगति (visaṅgti) — act of contradicting
• Hungarian: ellentmondás — act of contradicting
• Hungarian: ellenkezés — act of contradicting
• Indonesian: percanggahan — act of contradicting
• Indonesian: kontradiksi — act of contradicting
• Irish: bréagnú — act of contradicting
• Italian: contraddizione — act of contradicting
• Japanese: 反論 (hanron) — act of contradicting
• Japanese: 反駁 (hambaku) — act of contradicting
• Korean: 모순 (mosun) — act of contradicting
• Latin: contrādictiō — act of contradicting
• Latin: repugnantia — act of contradicting
• Latin: obloquium — act of contradicting
• Latin: oblocutio — act of contradicting
• Latvian: pretruna — act of contradicting
• Lithuanian: prieštaravimas — act of contradicting
• Macedonian: противречие (protivrečie) — act of contradicting
• Macedonian: противречење (protivrečenje) — act of contradicting
• Nepali: विरोधाभास (virodhābhās) — act of contradicting
• Norwegian Bokmål: motsigelse — act of contradicting
• Occitan: contradiccion — act of contradicting
• Old English: wiþcwedennes — act of contradicting
• Portuguese: contradição — act of contradicting
• Romanian: contradicție — act of contradicting
• Romanian: contrazicere — act of contradicting
• Russian: противоре́чие (protivoréčije) — act of contradicting
• Serbo-Croatian: противречје (protivrečje) — act of contradicting
• Serbo-Croatian: противречност (protivrečnost) — act of contradicting
• Swedish: motsägelse — act of contradicting
• Asturian: contradicción — statement that contradicts itself
• Bulgarian: противоречие (protivorečie) — statement that contradicts itself
• Catalan: contradicció — statement that contradicts itself
• Chinese Mandarin: 矛盾 (máodùn) — statement that contradicts itself
• Czech: rozpor — statement that contradicts itself
• Czech: spor — statement that contradicts itself
• Danish: selvmodsigelse — statement that contradicts itself
• Danish: paradoks — statement that contradicts itself
• Finnish: ristiriita — statement that contradicts itself
• French: contradiction — statement that contradicts itself
• Galician: contradición — statement that contradicts itself
• German: Widerspruch — statement that contradicts itself
• Greek: αντίφαση (antífasi) — statement that contradicts itself
• Hebrew: סתירה (stirá) — statement that contradicts itself
• Hindi: असंगति (asaṅgti) — statement that contradicts itself
• Hungarian: ellentmondás — statement that contradicts itself
• Hungarian: önellentmondás — statement that contradicts itself
• Italian: contraddizione — statement that contradicts itself
• Japanese: 矛盾 (mujun) — statement that contradicts itself
• Korean: 모순 (mosun) — statement that contradicts itself
• Latin: obloquium — statement that contradicts itself
• Latin: oblocutio — statement that contradicts itself
• Latvian: pretruna — statement that contradicts itself
• Macedonian: противречие (protivrečie) — statement that contradicts itself
• Occitan: contradiccion — statement that contradicts itself
• Old English: wiþcwedennes — statement that contradicts itself
• Polish: sprzeczność — statement that contradicts itself
• Polish: antynomia — statement that contradicts itself
• Portuguese: contradição — statement that contradicts itself
• Romanian: contradicție — statement that contradicts itself
• Russian: противоре́чие (protivoréčije) — statement that contradicts itself
• Spanish: contradicción — statement that contradicts itself
• Spanish: contrasentido — statement that contradicts itself
• Swedish: motsägelse — statement that contradicts itself
• Swedish: självmotsägelse — statement that contradicts itself
• Ukrainian: супере́чність (superéčnistʹ) — statement that contradicts itself
• Ukrainian: протирі́ччя (protyríččja) — statement that contradicts itself
• Arabic: تَنَاقُضٌ (tanāquḍun) — the logical incompatibility of opposing elements
• Bulgarian: противоречие (protivorečie) — the logical incompatibility of opposing elements
• Chinese Mandarin: 矛盾 (máodùn) — the logical incompatibility of opposing elements
• Finnish: ristiriita — the logical incompatibility of opposing elements
• French: contradiction — the logical incompatibility of opposing elements
• Georgian: წინააღმდეგობა (c̣inaaɣmdegoba) — the logical incompatibility of opposing elements
• Georgian: შეუსაბამობა (šeusabamoba) — the logical incompatibility of opposing elements
• German: Gegensatz — the logical incompatibility of opposing elements
• German: Widerspruch — the logical incompatibility of opposing elements
• Greek: αντινομία (antinomía) — the logical incompatibility of opposing elements
• Hindi: असंगति (asaṅgti) — the logical incompatibility of opposing elements
• Italian: contraddizione — the logical incompatibility of opposing elements
• Japanese: 矛盾 (mujun) — the logical incompatibility of opposing elements
• Korean: 모순 (mosun) — the logical incompatibility of opposing elements
• Latin: obloquium — the logical incompatibility of opposing elements
• Latin: oblocutio — the logical incompatibility of opposing elements
• Macedonian: противречие (protivrečie) — the logical incompatibility of opposing elements
• Old English: wiþcwedennes — the logical incompatibility of opposing elements
• Polish: sprzeczność — the logical incompatibility of opposing elements
• Polish: antynomia — the logical incompatibility of opposing elements
• Portuguese: contradição — the logical incompatibility of opposing elements
• Romanian: contradicție — the logical incompatibility of opposing elements
• Russian: противоре́чие (protivoréčije) — the logical incompatibility of opposing elements
• Swedish: självmotsägelse — the logical incompatibility of opposing elements
• Ukrainian: супере́чність (superéčnistʹ) — the logical incompatibility of opposing elements
• Ukrainian: протирі́ччя (protyríččja) — the logical incompatibility of opposing elements
• Czech: kontradikce — proposition that is false for all values of its variables
• Finnish: ristiriita — proposition that is false for all values of its variables
• French: contradiction — proposition that is false for all values of its variables
• Italian: contraddizione — proposition that is false for all values of its variables
• Japanese: 恒偽式 (kōgishiki) — proposition that is false for all values of its variables
• Japanese: 矛盾式 (mujun shiki) — proposition that is false for all values of its variables
• Latin: obloquium — proposition that is false for all values of its variables
• Latin: oblocutio — proposition that is false for all values of its variables
• Macedonian: контрадикција (kontradikcija) — proposition that is false for all values of its variables
• Macedonian: противречие (protivrečie) — proposition that is false for all values of its variables
• Polish: sprzeczność — proposition that is false for all values of its variables
• Portuguese: contradição — proposition that is false for all values of its variables
• Swedish: självmotsägelse — proposition that is false for all values of its variables