| query | If you describe an aspect of a situation as a c____________, you mean that it is completely different from other aspects, and so makes the situation confused or difficult to understand .If you describe an aspect of a situation as a contradiction, you mean that it is completely different from other aspects, and so makes the situation confused or difficult to understand . ...the contradictions between her private life and the public persona. The performance seemed to me unpardonable, a contradiction of all that the competition is supposed to be. The militants see no contradiction in using violence to bring about a religious state. |
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| word | contradiction |
| full-definition | noun If you describe an aspect of a situation as a contradiction, you mean that it is completely different from other aspects, and so makes the situation confused or difficult to understand . ...the contradictions between her private life and the public persona. The performance seemed to me unpardonable, a contradiction of all that the competition is supposed to be. The militants see no contradiction in using violence to bring about a religious state. |
| inflections | contradictions |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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