- contradiction - opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas
--1 is a kind of opposition, oppositeness
--1 has particulars: dialectic- contradiction, contradiction in terms - (logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction"
--2 is a kind of falsehood, falsity, untruth, false statement
--2 has particulars: antinomy; paradox- contradiction - the speech act of contradicting someone; "he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction"
--3 is a kind of negation
Derived form: verb contradict2 - contradiction, contradiction in terms - (logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction"