contradiction

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of contradicting.

   His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting.

   Widerspruch

   противоре́чиеprotivoréčije

   the speech act of contradicting someone

2. (countable)A statement that contradicts itself, i.e., a statement that claims that the same thing is true and that it is false at the same time and in the same senses of the terms.

   There is a contradiction in what you say: she can't be both married and single.

   Widerspruch

   противоре́чиеprotivoréčije

   супере́чністьsuperéčnistʹ, протирі́ччяprotyríččja

   (logic) a statement that is necessarily false

3. (countable)A logical inconsistency among two or more elements or propositions.

   Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism.

   Gegensatz, Widerspruch

   противоре́чиеprotivoréčije

   супере́чністьsuperéčnistʹ, протирі́ччяprotyríččja

4. (countable)A proposition that is false for all values of its propositional variables or Boolean atoms.

1. The contradiction is painfully obvious.

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2. Is there a contradiction there?

   ruТут есть какое-то противоречие?

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3. That's a contradiction.

   ruЭто противоречие.

   deDas ist ein Widerspruch.

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4. These facts admit of no contradiction.

   deDiese Fakten lassen keinen Widerspruch zu.

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5. Every word spoken excites its contradiction.

   deJedes ausgesprochene Wort erregt den Gegensinn.

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