āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
contradiction
/kËÉntÉšÉdËÉĒkĘÉn/
Contradiction
01
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§
a statement or proposition that denies another statement or proposition
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
There is a contradiction between the motto of being environmentally friendly and the lack of recycling facilities.
āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻŦ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻŽā§āĻ˛āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ° āĻ
āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§ āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§
(logic) a statement that must be false because it is inherently illogical
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His alibi contains an obvious contradiction - he claims to have been in two places at once.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ
ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§ āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§ - āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
03
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§
the speech act of contradicting someone
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
contradiction
contradict
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
