Meaning
- (noun) The act of contradicting. “His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting.”
- (noun) 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. “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.”
- (noun) A logical inconsistency among two or more elements or propositions. “Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism.”
- (noun) A proposition that is false for all values of its variables.
Letter breakdown
- Contradiction contains 13 letters: 5 vowel(s) and 8 consonant(s).
- It uses 8 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 4.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 18.
Words from these letters
- contraction
- concordant
- contradict
- contrition
- ordination
- accordion
- condition
- dictation
- indicator
- tradition
- citation
- contract
- dictator
- donation
- inaction
- narcotic
- notation
- rotation
- traction
- andiron
- carotid
- cartoon
- concord
- contact
- contain
- contort
- diction
- oration
- raccoon
- ricotta
- titanic
- tornado
- accord
- acidic
- action
- adroit
- anoint
- arctic
- candor
- cannot
- canton
- cantor
- cardio
- carton
- cation
- citric
- citron
- condor
- cordon
- corona
- cotton
- critic
- doctor
- indict
- indoor
- inroad
- intact
- ironic
- nation
Connected words
Other 13-letter words
- abbreviations
- abnormalities
- abolitionists
- accelerations
- acceptability
- accessibility
- acclimatizing
- accommodating
- accommodation
- accompaniment
- accomplishing
- accouterments
- accoutrements
- accreditation
- acculturation
- accumulations
- acetaminophen
- acknowledging
Words starting with CON
- con
- concatenate
- concatenated
- concatenates
- concatenating
- concatenation
- concatenations
- concave
- concavities
- concavity
- conceal
- concealed
- concealing
- concealment
- conceals
- concede
- conceded
- concedes
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Words ending with ION
Reader questions
What does Contradiction mean?
The act of contradicting.
How many letters are in Contradiction?
Contradiction has 13 letters.
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