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矛盾,不一致;否认,反驳

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Contradiction \Con`tra*dic"tion\, n. [L. contradictio answer,
   objection: cf. F. contradiction.]
   1. An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or
      affirmed; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion;
      contrary declaration; gainsaying.

            His fair demands Shall be accomplished without
            contradiction.                        --Shak.

   2. Direct opposition or repugnancy; inconsistency;
      incongruity or contrariety; one who, or that which, is
      inconsistent.

            can be make deathless death? That were to make
            Strange contradiction.                --Milton.

            We state our experience and then we come to a manly
            resolution of acting in contradiction to it.
                                                  --Burke.

            Both parts of a contradiction can not possibly be
            true.                                 --Hobbes.

            Of contradictions infinite the slave. --Wordsworth.

   {Principle of contradiction} (Logic), the axiom or law of
      thought that a thing cannot be and not be at the same
      time, or a thing must either be or not be, or the same
      attribute can not at the same time be affirmed and and
      denied of the same subject.

   Note: It develops itself in three specific forms which have
         been called the ``Three Logical Axioms.'' First, ``A is
         A.'' Second, ``A is not Not-A'' Third, ``Everything is
         either A or Not-A.''

资料来源 : WordNet®

contradiction
     n 1: opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas
     2: (logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the
        statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a
        contradiction" [syn: {contradiction in terms}]
     3: the speech act of contradicting someone; "he spoke as if he
        thought his claims were immune to contradiction"