CONTRADICTORINESS Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word contradictoriness. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for CONTRADICTORINESS
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| conflict | nounn | |||||||
noun • an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals) • opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings • a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war • a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests • an incompatibility of dates or events • opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot) • a disagreement or argument about something important verb • be in conflict • go against, as of rules and laws | ||||||||
| disagreement | nounn | |||||||
noun • a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters • a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions • the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing | ||||||||
| discordance | nounn | |||||||
noun • a harsh mixture of sounds • strife resulting from a lack of agreement | ||||||||
| discrepancy | nounn | |||||||
noun • a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions • an event that departs from expectations | ||||||||
| disparity | nounn | |||||||
noun • inequality or difference in some respect | ||||||||
| incongruity | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate | ||||||||
| inconsistency | nounn | |||||||
noun • the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time • the quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts | ||||||||
| mismatch | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a bad or unsuitable match verb • match badly; match two objects or people that do not go together | ||||||||
| opposition | nounn | |||||||
noun • the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with • the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected • the relation between opposed entities • the act of hostile groups opposing each other • a contestant that you are matched against • a body of people united in opposing something • a direction opposite to another • an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force) | ||||||||
| paradox | nounn | |||||||
noun • (logic) a statement that contradicts itself | ||||||||
| variance | nounn | |||||||
noun • an event that departs from expectations • discord that splits a group • the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value • a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions • the quality of being subject to variation • an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation) • an activity that varies from a norm or standard | ||||||||
