- Types Of Speech
- You can use contradiction as a noun in a sentence.
- About Contradiction
- A 4 syllables noun and 13 letters with the letters a, c, d, i, n, o, r, and t, 8 consonants, 5 vowels and 4 syllables with the middle letter d. Contradiction starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters c, co, con, cont, contr, and the ending characters are n, on, ion, tion, ction, ..
- Definition
- The speech act of contradicting someone; "he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction"
- Origin/Roots
- Old French
- Compound Words
- A compound word, contradiction has more than one word within it. There's 4 words which are contra, diction, contradict, and ion.
- School Grade
- Contradiction is set as a sat word that starts with c, ends with n, 4 syllables, 5 vowels and 13 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Contradiction in Pig Latin is said as "ontradictioncay or ontradictioncway".
- Unigram
- c | o | n | t | r | a | d | i | c | t | i | o | n
- Bigram
- co | on | nt | tr | ra | ad | di | ic | ct | ti | io | on
- Trigram
- con | ont | ntr | tra | rad | adi | dic | ict | cti | tio | ion
- Quadrigram
- cont | ontr | ntra | trad | radi | adic | dict | icti | ctio | tion
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- the speech act of contradicting someone;
"he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction" - (logic) a statement that is necessarily false;
"the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction" - opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas
Synonym | Definition |
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Abjuration | a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion |
Abjurement | |
Abnegation | renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others |
Abrogation | the act of abrogating an official or legal cancellation |
Absolute Contradiction | |
Annulment | the act of abrogating an official or legal cancellation |
Answer | a nonverbal reaction "his answer to any problem was to get drunk" "their answer was to sue me" |
Antagonism | (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure |
Antipathy | the object of a feeling of intense aversion something to be avoided "cats were his greatest antipathy" |
Antithesis | the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance |
View all cognitive synonyms for Contradiction
Anagram | Definition |
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Contradiction | the speech act of contradicting someone "he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction" |
View English words with the unique letters used in contradiction. Words With The Letters Acdinort
Word | Definition |
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Contradict | prove negative show to be false |
Contravene | deny the truth of |
Negate | make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom" "This action will negate the effect of my efforts" |
Word | Definition |
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Negation | (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false |
Contradiction Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With C
- Ends With N