English-Swedish translations for contradiction

• motsägelse en
  Det är en uppenbar motsägelse.This is a clear contradiction.
  Jag kan inte se någon motsägelse här.I cannot see a contradiction here.
  Det finns alltså en ständig motsägelse.So there is a constant contradiction.
• självmotsägelse en
  Det är sannerligen en självmotsägelse!That is surely a contradiction in terms!
  för ITS-gruppen. - (EN) Fru talman! Detta betänkande är en självmotsägelse.on behalf of the ITS Group. - Madam President, this report is a contradiction in terms.
  Detta är en självmotsägelse, eftersom det antal projekt som omfattades av finansieringen skulle minska.This is a contradiction in terms, as the number of projects subject to funding would decrease.

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