1
as in paradox
someone or something with qualities or features that seem to conflict with one another
a loving father as well as a ruthless killer, the gangster is a living contradiction
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as in denial
a refusal to confirm the truth of a statement
the actress's contradiction of the marriage rumor caused quite a stir
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Recent Examples of contradiction
This contradiction has long been a defining part of Western identity.
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Hazlitt, 27 Feb. 2025
Foremost among them is its comfort with contradictions and trade-offs.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 26 Feb. 2025
This engagement was rife with paradoxes and contradictions.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
And at the heart of these contradictions is the constant tension over whether or not Meghan really wants to be royalty.
—Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2025
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Hazlitt, 27 Feb. 2025
Foremost among them is its comfort with contradictions and trade-offs.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 26 Feb. 2025
This engagement was rife with paradoxes and contradictions.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
And at the heart of these contradictions is the constant tension over whether or not Meghan really wants to be royalty.
—Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contradiction
Noun
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His mounting anxiety, however, reflects a more personal, immediate paradox.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
23 Mar. 2025
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The corporate world operates on a paradox: the more successful an organization becomes, the more its leaders and employees seem to suffer.—
William Jones,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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In 1990, after decades of denial by the Soviet Union, President Mikhail Gorbachev finally acknowledged the truth of those findings.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2025
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What the Check Host screenshots, or indeed the Telegram postings, cannot do is prove that Dark Storm is actually behind the X denial of service attacks.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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After mulling a proposal from the leaders of the men’s and women’s tennis tours to restructure the sport, the people in charge of the four Grand Slams have sent back a terse rejection that leaves the sport’s future in a state of paralysis.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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There are other factors that determine the acceptance or rejection of radical change.—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Contradiction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contradiction. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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