contradictions
- 1Plural of contradiction.
The report's findings contained several glaring contradictions.
Critics seized on the contradictions between his earlier statements and his recent testimony.
Note
A regular -s plural, but not every use of the singular can take it. When contradiction means the act of contradicting, it can stay uncountable (there was no room for contradiction). The plural belongs to the countable uses: self-refuting statements, inconsistencies between claims, and, in logic, propositions false for every value of their variables. A plural therefore points to specific clashing points rather than the general act.
contradictions is a form of contradiction
contradiction, noun: A logical inconsistency between two or more ideas, statements, or propositions. Full entry
- Forms
- contradictioncontradictions plural
- Spelling
- contradiction → contradictions: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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