Contradiction : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Contradiction	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
contradiction n opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas (logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction" Synonym(s): contradiction, contradiction in terms the speech act of contradicting someone; "he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Contradiction \Con`tradic"tion\, n. [L. contradictio answer, objection: cf. F. contradiction.] 1. An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or affirmed; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; contrary declaration; gainsaying. His fair demands Shall be accomplished without contradiction. --Shak. 2. Direct opposition or repugnancy; inconsistency; incongruity or contrariety; one who, or that which, is inconsistent. can be make deathless death? That were to make Strange contradiction. --Milton. We state our experience and then we come to a manly resolution of acting in contradiction* to it. --Burke. Both parts of a contradiction can not possibly be true. --Hobbes. Of contradictions infinite the slave. --Wordsworth. {Principle of contradiction} (Logic), the axiom or law of thought that a thing cannot be and not be at the same time, or a thing must either be or not be, or the same attribute can not at the same time be affirmed and and denied of the same subject. Note: It develops itself in three specific forms which have been called the [bd]Three Logical Axioms.[b8] First, [bd]A is A.[b8] Second, [bd]A is not Not-A[b8] Third, [bd]Everything is either A or Not-A.[b8]