contradiction

Other forms of contradiction

plural

contradictions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about contradiction

What does contradiction mean?

contradiction means "opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in contradiction?

contradiction has 4 syllables: con-tra-dic-tion. The stress falls on "dic". In IPA it is /ˌkɑntɹəˈdɪkʃən/.

What is another word for contradiction?

Close synonyms include contradiction in terms. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is contradiction a common word?

contradiction is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with contradiction?

6 words rhyme with contradiction. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.