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con⋅tra⋅dic⋅tion

[kon-truh-dik-shuhn]
–noun
1. the act of contradicting; gainsaying or opposition.
2. assertion of the contrary or opposite; denial.
3. a statement or proposition that contradicts or denies another or itself and is logically incongruous.
4. direct opposition between things compared; inconsistency.
5. a contradictory act, fact, etc.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME contradiccioun (< AF) < L contrādictiōn- (s. of contrādictiō). See contradict, -ion
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con·tra·dic·tion   (kŏn'trə-dĭk'shən)   
n.  
    1. The act of contradicting.

    2. The state of being contradicted.

  1. A denial.

  2. Inconsistency; discrepancy.

  3. Something that contains contradictory elements.

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Word Origin & History

contradiction 
c.1382, from L. contradictionem, from contradicere "speak against," from contra "against" + dicere "to speak" (see diction). Contradict first attested 1570s, "speak against;" sense of "assert the contrary" is from 1582.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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