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Word: Contradiction
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin contradictio(n-), from the verb contradicere (see contradict)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a combination of statements, ideas, or features which are opposed to one another
Short Definition:combination of statements, ideas, or features
Examples:- the proposed new system suffers from a set of internal contradictions
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