He believes there is no inherentcontradiction between managing immigration and valuing it.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
But there is an inherentcontradiction between national or international funding and the aims of a global assembly.
THE AGE OF CONSENT (2003)
And it is in large part responsible for the prevailing belief that there is an inherentcontradiction between profit and a company's ability to make a social contribution.
(kɒntrədɪkʃən)Explore 'contradiction' in the dictionary
countable noun
If you describe an aspect of a situation as a contradiction, you mean that it is completely different from other aspects, and so makes the situationconfused or difficult to understand.