In a sentence
Six example sentences with contradiction, each labelled with its topic.
The proof ends in a contradiction: the number must be both even and odd, so the assumption was wrong.
Philosophy
Counsel highlighted a contradiction in the witness statement, where the same evening was described as rainy and then clear.
Law
There is a contradiction at the heart of the plan, which promises lower taxes and a much larger railway.
Politics
The patient lived with a contradiction, believing she was hopeless at exams while holding the department's top marks.
Psychology
There is a contradiction in wanting a strong currency and a booming export sector in the same year.
Economics
The pitch carried a contradiction: it promised zero marketing spend and ten million users by the following spring.
Startups
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Found in these word lists
Found in 3 published word listsAuthoritative
- Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000)
- New Academic Word List (Browne/Culligan/Phillips 2013)
- Academic Keyword List (Paquot 2010)
Each source is a published word list that contains contradiction. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.