单词	contradiction
释义	contradictioncon‧tra‧dic‧tion /ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃən $ ˌkɑːn-/ ●●○ AWL noun Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES America is a society rich in contradiction. Gage is a man of contradictions: a vegetarian who owns a cattle ranch. His speech was full of lies and contradictions. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But Rousseau's blueprint contains its own contradiction. He has inverted the traditional precepts governing the photographic image, demonstrating the value of visual contradiction. The contradiction between faith and knowledge is thus resolved. The capability for reasoning becomes increasingly logical and less subject to influence by apparent perceptual contradictions. There is really no mystery about this contradiction. There were too many internal contradictions which prevented the different constituencies from working effectively together. These factors are conflicts and contradictions within the set of duties. This, it would appear on the surface, is one hell of a contradiction. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► apparent contradictions  apparent contradictions in the defendant’s testimony ► fear of contradiction  You can say what you like without fear of contradiction. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► apparent · However, just occasionally, the evidence of the two disciplines is in apparent contradiction.· The capability for reasoning becomes increasingly logical and less subject to influence by apparent perceptual contradictions.· It seems to have been a religion that was in transition, which may explain some startling contradictions or apparent contradictions.· He attempted to explain apparent contradictions in testimony he gave under aggressive questioning by plaintiffs' lawyers several weeks ago.· In this way, apparent contradictions between Copernican astronomy and biblical texts would be eliminated.· Instead, when fully understood, the apparent contradiction may reveal a new causal factor that was not considered before.· During training the student will learn from many teachers, and the junior nurse can be confused by apparent differences and contradictions.· This apparent contradiction of the model by Proust's text is not a sign of the model's inadequacy but the reverse. ► basic · Despite this basic contradiction, he began with a notable act of conciliation.· Marx believed that the basic contradictions contained in a capitalist economic system would lead to its eventual destruction.· It is with this basic contradiction that Forester avoided sentimentality. ► direct · Schor's evidence is in direct contradiction to the neo-classical income / leisure trade-off model outlined above.· Doesn't that imply a belief in intrinsic essences that is in direct contradiction with the fundamental principles of existentialism?· These results still constitute, therefore, a direct contradiction of the thesis being developed here. ► full · Progress may be painfully fast or slow, and will be full of contradictions.· The main character in the drama was full of contradictions.· Myths themselves are full of contradictions and inconsistencies.· He was too full of contradictions, just as my head is too full of images of him, even now.· His sop to secular society is full of contradictions.· If it is full of contradictions, or if it is too vague, this is very difficult.· The city is full of contradictions. ► fundamental · This is perhaps the most difficult one and brings up a number of fundamental contradictions.· Technology development strategies exhibit a fundamental logical contradiction.· No increase in laws, compacts, and penalties can succeed in overcoming the fundamental contradictions of the system.· It has been said to be a fundamental contradiction in the Weberian model of bureaucracy. ► inherent · International events have shown that there is an inherent contradiction between a one-party state and mass democracy.· But the neo-communists no longer believe there is an inherent contradiction between political authoritarianism and a more free-wheeling economy, he said.· Their abstract certitudes seemed far removed to him from the inherent contradictions in human nature.· He argued that the international monetary system, based largely on the dollar, contained certain inherent contradictions. ► internal · There were too many internal contradictions which prevented the different constituencies from working effectively together.· That internal contradiction means that the council tax will not survive.· Rather than accusing him of anachronism, academic critics tended to concentrate their fire on internal contradictions or flawed assumptions in his policy.· There is a danger of internal contradiction.· His debating technique, however, disguised some fatal flaws and internal contradictions in Labour policy.· Despite its internal contradictions, capitalism has continued in the West for over 200 years. VERB► contain · But Rousseau's blueprint contains its own contradiction.· Every complex whole is therefore said to contain a principal contradiction and secondary contradictions.· Welfare as a discretionary standard contains contradictions and thus provides little guidance to the disposition of trouble cases.· This conflict of interest must ultimately be resolved since a social system containing such contradictions can not survive unchanged. ► involve · As written, the text involves a contradiction. ► resolve · How, then, do women engineers resolve the contradictions of their presence in a male world?· The author or authors wanted to resolve apparent contradictions in order to make the law more usable and accessible.· How can we resolve this apparent contradiction? ► see · Modern men also stipulate that they mustn't be boring, without seeing any contradiction in that thought.· I did not see much contradiction.· The brewers see no contradiction in their involvement.· Gary does not see a contradiction.· He saw no contradictions in this.· Nkrumah saw this as a contradiction, and was critical, thus annoying Nyerere who should have been a natural ally.· Thus Baudelaire and Flaubert can be seen without contradiction as both realists and early modernists.· Ghatak did not see any contradiction between these two approaches. ► seem · The problem is that there's little to offer in between; high street quality seems almost a contradiction in terms.· Even now, it seems a strange contradiction, but not a sinister one.· Unfortunately for Carter, Spackerman's evidence of an assault followed by strangulation seemed a complete contradiction of Macarthy's opinion.· This seems a contradiction on the face of it.· This may seem like a contradiction. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► a contradiction in terms In our business, the phrase "harmless error" is a contradiction in terms. Clearly, an unreflective or uncritical citizenry would be highly undesirable as well as, strictly speaking, a contradiction in terms. Indeed the idea of civil service leadership is a contradiction in terms within a democracy. It is just too easy to dismiss the idea of ethical business as a contradiction in terms. It is sometimes argued that a science of religion is a contradiction in terms. Leadership without mutual trust is a contradiction in terms. One may say that socialist market economy is a contradiction in terms. The most important instrument of dirigisme is subsidy, even though subsidy in a free market in a contradiction in terms. The problem is that there's little to offer in between; high street quality seems almost a contradiction in terms. ► in (direct) contradiction to something Hatred is in contradiction to Christian values. Delusions are based on wishes too, but they are in contradiction to reality. He sees the trajectory of his industrial social formation in contradiction to meeting fundamental human and social needs. Many broadcasters felt that they were expected not to say anything on the air which was in contradiction to Government policy. Of course, our bodily forms and somewhat disorganized working systems were in contradiction to their understanding of the correct codes of policing. Schor's evidence is in direct contradiction to the neo-classical income / leisure trade-off model outlined above. There are thus no circumstances in which the Chewong may behave in contradiction to their ideologically constructed concept of human nature. This was totally in contradiction to Mr Venables' claim that he was promised security of tenure. Will there not be a continuity of evolution implied, in contradiction to our postulated discontinuous collapse? Word family WORD FAMILYnouncontradictionadjectivecontradictoryverbcontradict 1[countable] a difference between two statements, beliefs, or ideas about something that means they cannot both be true:  apparent contradictions in the defendant’s testimonycontradiction between a contradiction between the government’s ideas and its actual policy2[uncountable] the act of saying that someone else’s opinion, statement etc is wrong or not true:  You can say what you like without fear of contradiction.3a contradiction in terms a combination of words that seem to be the opposite of each other, with the result that the phrase has no clear meaning:  ‘Permanent revolution’ is a contradiction in terms.4in (direct) contradiction to something in a way that is opposite to a belief or statement:  Your behaviour is in direct contradiction to the principles you claim to have.
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