contradiction
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Back in the late 1980s, I published an article entitled "What Is Fascism — And Why Do Women Need to Know?" in Lesbian Contradiction, a paper I used to edit with three other women.
From Salon • Jun. 27, 2023
Contradiction is the heart and essence of character...
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2021
His friend the historian and theorist Vincent Scully had guessed that Complexity and Contradiction would be the most important architectural text since Le Corbusier’s Vers Une Architecture.
From The Guardian • Sep. 23, 2018
Almost as influential as his “Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture” was Mr. Venturi’s second book, “Learning From Las Vegas,” written with Ms. Scott Brown and Steven Izenour, then a principal in the couple’s firm.
From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2018
This is, I think, manifestly a Contradiction, and the Doctor, it seems, believes it, only because the Scripture, as he thinks, reveals it.
From Free and Impartial Thoughts, on the Sovereignty of God, The Doctrines of Election, Reprobation, and Original Sin: Humbly Addressed To all who Believe and Profess those Doctrines. by Finch, Richard
Vocabulary lists containing contradiction
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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You Can Say That Again: Dic and Dict
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 2
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