English-Dutch translations for contradiction

• contradictie
  Ik zie hier ook geen contradictie. I cannot see a contradiction here.
  Men kan zich geen grotere contradictie voorstellen. There can be no greater contradiction.
  Dat is echter niet de enige contradictie. But this is not the only contradiction.
• tegenspraak
  Dat is geheel met elkaar in tegenspraak. That is a major contradiction.
  Er was dus in feite geen tegenspraak. So, in fact, there was no contradiction.
  Dat is op z'n minst met elkaar in tegenspraak. This is, at the very least, a contradiction.
• tegenstrijdigheid
  Daarmee zitten we toch echt met een tegenstrijdigheid. So that is a real contradiction.
  Ik zie daarin geen tegenstrijdigheid. I do not see any contradiction here.
  Er is dus een constante tegenstrijdigheid. So there is a constant contradiction.

Definition of contradiction

• The act of contradicting
• A statement that contradicts itself, i.e., a statement that makes a claim that the same thing is true and that it is false at the same time and in the same senses of the terms
• A logical inconsistency among two or more elements or propositions
• A proposition that is false for all values of its variables

Examples

• His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting.
• There is a contradiction in Clarence Pages statement that a woman should have the right to choose and decide for herself whether to have an abortion, and at the same time she should not have that right.
• There is a contradiction in what you say: she cant be both married and single.
• Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism.

Related words

• contradict
• contradictory
• self-contradictory
• contradictoriness
• contradictorily
• autocontradictory
• contradiction in terms
• contradictory (to the original) newer statement
• proof by contradiction