contradiction

Definition

Examples

The auditor found a contradiction between the two financial reports.

Word Family

Synonyms

• discrepancya difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
• paradox(logic) a statement that contradicts itself
• conflictan open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); --Thomas Paine

Collocations

• Easy obvious contradiction
  describing obvious contradiction (easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind)
• Medium internal contradiction
  describing internal contradiction (happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface)
• Hard apparent contradiction
  describing apparent contradiction (clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment)
• Very Hard contradiction in terms
  describing contradiction in terms (opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas)