transcription, транскрипция: [ kɒntrədɪkʃ(ə)n ]
( contradictions)
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 difficult to understand.
The performance seemed to me unpardonable, a contradiction of all that the Olympics is supposed to be...
The militants see no contradiction in using violence to bring about a religious state.
N-COUNT : oft N between pl-n , N of n