contradictions
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Definitions ofcontradictions
- The act of contradicting.
Example: "His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting."
- 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.
Example: "There is a contradiction in Clarence Page's 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."
- A logical inconsistency among two or more elements or propositions.
Example: "Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism."
- A proposition that is false for all values of its variables.
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