CONTRADICTIONS

14 letters 19 Scrabble points

Definition of CONTRADICTIONS

noun
  1. The act of contradicting.

    "His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting."

  2. A statement that contradicts itself, i.e., a statement that makes a claim that the same thing is true and that it is false at the same time and in the same senses of the terms.

    "There is a contradiction in Clarence Page's statement that a woman should have the right to choose and decide for herself whether to have an abortion, and at the same time she should not have that right."

  3. A logical inconsistency among two or more elements or propositions.

    "Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism."

Related words: ⇒⇐ oxymoron

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters C O N T R A D I C T I O N S
Length 14 letters
Scrabble Score 19 points