Contradictoriness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being contradictory. uncountable

    "The contradictoriness and multifacetedness of identity is a constant theme in a play which deals so centrally with ideas of plays, illusion, rôle-playing and theatricality."

  2. 2
    the relation that exists when opposites cannot coexist wordnet

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contradictoriality

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"The contradictoriness and multifacetedness of identity is a constant theme in a play which deals so centrally with ideas of plays, illusion, rôle-playing and theatricality."

Etymology

From contradictory + -ness.

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