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• contradiction — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, direct, flat ▪ blatant (esp. AmE), glaring, obvious ▪ basic, fundamental …   Collocations dictionary

• contradiction — noun 1 (C) a difference between two statements, beliefs, or ideas about something that means they cannot both be true: The prosecution pointed out the contradictions in the defendant s testimony. (+ between): There is a contradiction between the… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• contradiction — noun /ˌkɒntɹəˈdɪkʃən,ˌkɑːntɹəˈdɪkʃən/ a) The act of contradicting. His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting. b) A statement that contradicts itself. There is a contradiction in what you say she cant be both married and single. Syn:… …   Wiktionary

• Contradiction — In classical logic, a contradiction consists of a logical incompatibility between two or more propositions. It occurs when the propositions, taken together, yield two conclusions which form the logical, usually opposite inversions of each other.… …   Wikipedia

• contradiction — con|tra|dic|tion [ ,kantrə dıkʃən ] noun count or uncount ** a difference in two or more statements, ideas, stories, etc. that makes it impossible for both or all of them to be true: They appeared unaware of the contradictions in their argument.… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• contradiction — [[t]kɒ̱ntrədɪ̱kʃ(ə)n[/t]] contradictions 1) N COUNT: oft N between pl n, N of n If you describe an aspect of a situation as a contradiction, you mean that it is completely different from other aspects, and so makes the situation confused or… …   English dictionary

• Sign of contradiction — s. Contradiction comes from the Latin contra , against and dicere , to speak. According to Catholic tradition, a sign of contradiction points to the presence of Christ or the presence of the divine due to the union of that person or reality with… …   Wikipedia

• Principle of contradiction — In logic, the Principle of contradiction ( principium contradictionis in Latin) is the second of the so called three classic laws of thought. The oldest statement of the law is that contradictory statements cannot both at the same time be true, e …   Wikipedia

• On Contradiction (Mao Zedong) — Mao Zedong s On Contradiction (zh st|s=矛盾论|t=矛盾論) is considered his most important philosophical essay. Along with On Practice it forms the philosophical underpinnings of the political ideology that would later become Maoism. It was written in… …   Wikipedia

• On Contradiction — Mao Zedong s On Contradiction (simplified Chinese: 矛盾论; traditional Chinese: 矛盾論; pinyin: Maodunlun) is considered his most important philosophical essay. Along with On Practice it forms the philosophical underpinnings of the political ideology… …   Wikipedia

• Proof that the sum of the reciprocals of the primes diverges — In the third century BC, Euclid proved the existence of infinitely many prime numbers. In the 18th century, Leonhard Euler proved a stronger statement: the sum of the reciprocals of all prime numbers diverges. Here, we present a number of proofs… …   Wikipedia