contradiction

Irony produces laughs and shrugs that help us navigate the emotional and political contradictions of everyday life.

She is a contradiction: an aristocratic woman who has abandoned feminine expectations to battle in the dirt.

The news outlet called Lamar "an ambitious and searingly talented poet from Compton working through his - and the world’s - contradictions on the biggest stage, forever discomforted by his crown".

The contradiction suggests much deeper problems in the Democrats’ political messaging and American political culture more broadly.

This conflict of interest is not the only contradiction at play.