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contradictions

NOUN

variance to something

Synonyms

STRONGEST

conflict difference disagreement discrepancy dispute inconsistency

STRONG

confutation contravention defiance denial dissension incongruity negation opposite opposition

WEAK

bucking gainsaying

Antonyms

STRONGEST

accord agreement concurrence consistency harmony likeness peace sameness similarity

STRONG

approval

WEAK

OK acceptance concession confirmation corroboration reconcilement verification

Example Sentences

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His archive now stands as a sustained act of witnessing - a country, its people, and its contradictions - through a lens that remained, above all, deeply human.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

But the characters unfold before us in their exchanges, and the play makes room for the actors to inhabit the complexities and contradictions of lives caught in the vise of history.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

We’re talking about an enormous bureaucratic organization with 2,000 years of weird and troubled history, whose massive internal contradictions and bitter factional disputes are only partly visible to outsiders.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

Ms. Stepanova attends to the contradictions of her premise with humor and an easily worn intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

For it is only by reconciling contradictions that power can be retained indefinitely.

From "1984" by George Orwell