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Pronunciation / Transliteration: Widerspruch
"Das steht im Widerspruch zu unseren Regeln."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A combination of statements, ideas, or features that are opposed to one another.
"His actions were a contradiction of his previous statements."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from Latin contradictio(n-), from the verb contradicere 'speak against'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Contradiction" is said worldwide
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contradiction
Transliteration: contradiction
"Il y a une contradiction dans son discours."
Widerspruch
Transliteration: Widerspruch
"Das steht im Widerspruch zu unseren Regeln."
contraddizione
Transliteration: contraddizione
"Questa è una palese contraddizione."
contradicción
Transliteration: contradicción
"Su explicación está Llena de contradicciones."
contradição
Transliteration: contradição
"Há uma grande contradição nos dados."
विरोधाभास
Transliteration: virodhabhas
"उनके बयानों में एक विरोधाभास है।"
矛盾
Transliteration: máodùn
"他的话前后存在矛盾。"
모순
Transliteration: mosun
"그의 말에는 명백한 모순이 있다."
矛盾
Transliteration: mujun
"彼の説明には多くの矛盾がある。"
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