(countable) A logical inconsistency among two or more elements or propositions.
Used in a Sentence
contradictions
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for contradictions.
Editorial note
This is how you learn, look for contradictions in your thinking this is where insights come from.
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
(countable) A logical inconsistency among two or more elements or propositions.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of contradictions gathered in one view.
(countable, uncountable) The act of contradicting.
(logic, countable) A proposition that is false for all values of its propositional variables or Boolean atoms.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for contradictions.
noun
(countable) A logical inconsistency among two or more elements or propositions.
noun
(countable, uncountable) The act of contradicting.
noun
(logic, countable) A proposition that is false for all values of its propositional variables or Boolean atoms.
noun
(countable) A statement that contradicts itself, i.e., a statement that claims that the same thing is true and that it is false at the same time and in the same senses of the terms.
Example sentences
This is how you learn, look for contradictions in your thinking this is where insights come from.
Most of it seems to be like mathematics but where you don't properly outline your definitions and as a result the logic is riddled with hard to identify contradictions.
Read all the books that are popular / recommended, so that you can see all the contradictions between them.
Compartmentalization is a mechanism allowing multiple truths in compartments while allowing contradictions in a general sense.
What is boggling is how smart people _stay_ convinced by conspiracies, after contradictions are pointed out.
Every economy has its contradictions and difficulties with incentives—witness the paradoxes raised by the separation of ownership and control in America.
He's not talking about the info-tech industry being capitalistic, but rather some of the contradictions inherent within a capitalistic info-tech industry.
A simple model with points on a line should clear most of those unconvincing contradictions.
This is not a matter of contradictions being punished on a logical basis, since there is no contradiction given their choice of axioms.
And he shows several contradictions in what Spolsky preaches and what he practices.
In fact, I think it's a brilliant parody of post-structuralist jargon, self-contradictions and pretentious verbal mannerisms.
That's why you get contradictions where men/women say they want features x,y,z in a partner but they end up being attracted to something else.
Quote examples
A materialist rejects "consciousness" as a fruitful term, observing that it often leads to confusion and non-sequiturs, as contradictions often do.
The idea of "government" that should be subject to free speech but not other institutions leads to contradictions, because what is government doesn't have a good definition.
I'm the third comment on this page according to my preview, and the other two add up to ~200 words of nonsense "reasoning" by people that feel they're making an argument with logic, but seem to be unable to realize the basic contradictions in what they're saying.
Proper noun examples
Contradictions and/or inconsistencies arise from that sort of thinking, seductive though it is.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use contradictions in a sentence?
This is how you learn, look for contradictions in your thinking this is where insights come from.
What does contradictions mean?
(countable) A logical inconsistency among two or more elements or propositions.
What part of speech is contradictions?
contradictions is commonly used as noun.