contradictionnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌkɒn.trəˈdɪk.ʃən/us/ˌkɑːn.trəˈdɪk.ʃən/C2 the fact of something being the complete opposite of something else or very different from something else, so that one of them must be wrong:
You say that you're good friends and yet you don't trust him. Isn't that a contradiction?
a contradiction in terms
a combination of words that is nonsense because some of the words suggest the opposite of some of the others:
Many people think that an honest politician is a contradiction in terms.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Denying & contradicting
- abnegate
- answer
- answer (sb) back
- change your tune idiom
- debunk
- defensive
- denial
- deny
- disagree
- Dutchman
- hell
- I'm a Dutchman idiom
- nonsense
- oxymoron
- rebut
- speak for yourself idiom
- stand
- stand sth on its head idiom
- talk
- the hell sb is/does, etc. idiom
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