contradiction
/ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃən/ nounTranslation
DIFFERENCE [C] › a big difference between two things that are said or written about the same subject, or between what someone says and what they do
çelişki, tezat, aykırılık
There is a clear contradiction between what she says and what she does.1166WRONG [U] › when you say that what someone has just said is wrong
itiraz, inkar, karşı çıkma, tezat kabul etme
1166a contradiction in terms › a phrase that is confusing because it contains words that seem to have opposite meanings
yanlış anlaşılmaya sebep olabilecek tam zıt/karmaşık anlam taşıyan ifade
An honest politician - isn't that a contradiction in terms?1166(Definition of contradiction noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
© Cambridge University Press)
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