contradiction
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When contradiction helps
Base Score
13
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
8
A C D I N O R T
Two-Letter Start
CO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
TION
Check this pattern late
- 13 letters
- 8 unique letters
- CO start
- TION ending
- repeated letters
- outside standard hive
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- contradiction uses 8 unique letters, so it cannot fit a standard seven-letter hive.
Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
The act of contradicting.
"His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting."
noun
A statement that contradicts itself, i.e., a statement that makes a claim that the same thing is true and that it is false at the same time and in the same senses of the terms.
"There is a contradiction in Clarence Page's statement that a woman should have the right to choose and decide for herself whether to have an abortion, and at the same time she should not have that right."
noun
A logical inconsistency among two or more elements or propositions.
"Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism."
noun
A proposition that is false for all values of its variables.
Related Words
Same Letters
- incoordination
- indoctrination
- incardination
- indoctrinator
- contradictor
- coordination
- coordinator
- contradict
- indicator
Synonyms
- oxymoron
Antonyms
- tautology