CONTRADICTION


Meaning of CONTRADICTION in English

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

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