{
    "term": "contradiction",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a lack of agreement between facts, opinions, actions, etc.",
            "sensetop": "contradiction (between A and B)in contradiction to something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There is a contradiction between the two sets of figures.",
                    "contextForm": "contradiction (between A and B)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How can we resolve this apparent contradiction?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His public speeches are **in direct contradiction to** his personal lifestyle.",
                    "contextForm": "in contradiction to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "That's in direct contradiction to what he said yesterday."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is an apparent contradiction between the needs of workers and those of employers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's a basic contradiction in the whole idea of paying for justice."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["complete", "direct", "flat"],
                "preposition": [
                    "in contradiction to",
                    "in contradiction with",
                    "contradiction between"
                ],
                "phrases": ["a contradiction in terms"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the act of saying that something that somebody else has said is wrong or not true; an example of this",
            "sensetop": "contradiction of something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I think I can say, **without fear of contradiction**, that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Now you say you both left at ten—that's a contradiction of your last statement.",
                    "contextForm": "contradiction of something"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a statement containing two words that contradict each other’s meaning",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A ‘nomad settlement’ is a contradiction in terms."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The idea is almost a contradiction in terms."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃn/",
                "audio": "xc/contradiction/xcontradiction__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌkɑːntrəˈdɪkʃn/",
                "audio": "xc/contradiction/xcontradiction__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from Latin contradictio(n-), from the verb contradicere, originally contra dicere ‘speak against’."
}