Our diplomacy and strategy ran in clear contradiction to each other.
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Contradiction
//ˌkɒntɹəˈdɪkʃən//
Synonyms for "contradiction" (199 found)
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Closest matches (40)
Strong matches (60)
controversioncontroversycounteractioncounteringcounterpositioncounterworkingcrankinesscross purposescross-purposescrosscurrentcrossingcrotchetinessdeclensiondeclinationdecliningdemolitiondenialdeprivationdespisaldespising
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differencedisaccorddisaccordancedisaffirmationdisagreementdisallowancedisapprovaldisavowaldiscarddisclaimerdisclamationdiscorddiscordancediscordancydiscountingdiscreditingdiscrepancydisharmonydismissaldisobediencedisownmentdisparitydisproofdisregarddissensiondissentdissidencedissonancedisuniondisunitydivergencediversityeffective rejoinderexceptionexclusionfactionforswearing
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frictiongainsayinghead windhostilityignoringimpugnationimpugnmentinaccordanceincongruityinconsistencyinequalityinimicalnessinterferencejarringkicknaynegationnegativenixno
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nonacceptancenonapprovalnoncompliancenonconformitynonconsiderationnonobservancenullificationopposingoppositenessoppositionopposureoppugnanceoppugnancyoppugnationoverthrowoverthrowaloxymoronparadoxpassing byperversenessperversitypolarityputting awayputting outreactionrebuffrebutmentrebuttalrecalcitrancerecantationrecoilrefusalrefutalrefutationrejectionrenitencyrenouncementrenunciationrepercussionrepudiationrepugnancerepulseresistanceretentionretractationretractionrevocationrevoltscoutingshowdownspurningsquelchstanding againstsubversionswimming upstreamthrowing outthumbs downtraversalturndownturning outundercurrentunderminingunharmoniousnessupsetupsettingvariance
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1 entriesTranslations
116 translations across 38 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀντιλογία noun (act of contradicting)
Arabic
1 entries- تَنَاقُضٌ noun (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements)
Asturian
2 entries- contradicción noun (act of contradicting)
- contradicción noun (statement that contradicts itself)
Bulgarian
4 entries- отрицание noun (act of contradicting)
- противоречие noun (act of contradicting)
- противоречие noun (statement that contradicts itself)
- противоречие noun (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements)
Catalan
2 entries- contradicció noun (act of contradicting)
- contradicció noun (statement that contradicts itself)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 反对 noun (act of contradicting)
- 反驳 noun (act of contradicting)
- 矛盾 noun (statement that contradicts itself)
- 矛盾 noun (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements)
Czech
3 entries- kontradikce noun (proposition that is false for all values of its variables)
- rozpor noun (statement that contradicts itself)
- spor noun (statement that contradicts itself)
Danish
3 entries- modsigelse noun (act of contradicting)
- paradoks noun (statement that contradicts itself)
- selvmodsigelse noun (statement that contradicts itself)
Dutch
2 entries- contradictie noun (act of contradicting)
- tegenspraak noun (act of contradicting)
Finnish
4 entries- kiistäminen noun (act of contradicting)
- ristiriita noun (statement that contradicts itself)
- ristiriita noun (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements)
- ristiriita noun (proposition that is false for all values of its variables)
French
4 entries- contradiction noun (act of contradicting)
- contradiction noun (statement that contradicts itself)
- contradiction noun (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements)
- contradiction noun (proposition that is false for all values of its variables)
Galician
2 entries- contradición noun (act of contradicting)
- contradición noun (statement that contradicts itself)
Georgian
2 entries- შეუსაბამობა noun (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements)
- წინააღმდეგობა noun (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements)
German
4 entries- Gegensatz noun (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements)
- Widerspruch noun (act of contradicting)
- Widerspruch noun (statement that contradicts itself)
- Widerspruch noun (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements)
Greek
3 entries- αντίκρουση noun (act of contradicting)
- αντίφαση noun (statement that contradicts itself)
- αντινομία noun (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements)
Hebrew
1 entries- סתירה noun (statement that contradicts itself)
Hungarian
4 entries- ellenkezés noun (act of contradicting)
- ellentmondás noun (act of contradicting)
- ellentmondás noun (statement that contradicts itself)
- önellentmondás noun (statement that contradicts itself)
Indonesian
2 entries- kontradiksi noun (act of contradicting)
- percanggahan noun (act of contradicting)
Irish
1 entries- bréagnú noun (act of contradicting)
Italian
4 entries- contraddizione noun (act of contradicting)
- contraddizione noun (statement that contradicts itself)
- contraddizione noun (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements)
- contraddizione noun (proposition that is false for all values of its variables)
Japanese
4 entries- 恒偽式 noun (proposition that is false for all values of its variables)
- 矛盾 noun (act of contradicting)
- 矛盾 noun (statement that contradicts itself)
- 矛盾 noun (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements)
Korean
3 entries- 모순 noun (act of contradicting)
- 모순 noun (statement that contradicts itself)
- 모순 noun (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements)
Latin
4 entries- contrādictiō noun (act of contradicting)
- oblocutio noun (act of contradicting)
- oblocutio noun (statement that contradicts itself)
- oblocutio noun (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements)
Latvian
2 entries- pretruna noun (act of contradicting)
- pretruna noun (statement that contradicts itself)
Lithuanian
1 entries- prieštaravimas noun (act of contradicting)
Macedonian
4 entries- контрадикција noun (proposition that is false for all values of its variables)
- противречење noun (act of contradicting)
- противречие noun (act of contradicting)
- противречие noun (statement that contradicts itself)
Nepali
1 entries- विरोधाभास noun (act of contradicting)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- motsigelse noun (act of contradicting)
Occitan
2 entries- contradiccion noun (act of contradicting)
- contradiccion noun (statement that contradicts itself)
Old English
3 entries- wiþcwedennes noun (act of contradicting)
- wiþcwedennes noun (statement that contradicts itself)
- wiþcwedennes noun (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements)
Polish
4 entries- antynomia noun (statement that contradicts itself)
- antynomia noun (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements)
- sprzeczność noun (statement that contradicts itself)
- sprzeczność noun (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements)
Portuguese
4 entries- contradição noun (act of contradicting)
- contradição noun (statement that contradicts itself)
- contradição noun (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements)
- contradição noun (proposition that is false for all values of its variables)
Romanian
4 entries- contradicție noun (act of contradicting)
- contradicție noun (statement that contradicts itself)
- contradicție noun (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements)
- contrazicere noun (act of contradicting)
Russian
3 entries- противоре́чие noun (act of contradicting)
- противоре́чие noun (statement that contradicts itself)
- противоре́чие noun (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- противречност noun (act of contradicting)
- противречје noun (act of contradicting)
Spanish
2 entries- contradicción noun (statement that contradicts itself)
- contrasentido noun (statement that contradicts itself)
Swedish
4 entries- motsägelse noun (act of contradicting)
- motsägelse noun (statement that contradicts itself)
- självmotsägelse noun (statement that contradicts itself)
- självmotsägelse noun (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements)
Ukrainian
4 entries- протирі́ччя noun (statement that contradicts itself)
- протирі́ччя noun (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements)
- супере́чність noun (statement that contradicts itself)
- супере́чність noun (the logical incompatibility of opposing elements)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
These facts admit of no contradiction.
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I was charmed with it, adopted it, dropped my abrupt contradiction and positive argumentation, and put on the humble inquirer and doubter.
Source: tatoeba (254771)
Love is a great contradiction. You cannot live without it but at the same time you will be hurt by it.
Source: tatoeba (390076)
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