Definition

Noun: The state or quality of being contradictory; the relation that exists when two or more opposing facts, statements, or principles cannot logically or practically coexist.

Usage

"Contradictoriness" is a formal noun used to describe a situation, argument, or set of ideas that contains inherent opposition or inconsistency. It refers to the logical incompatibility between elements. - It is often used in academic, philosophical, or analytical contexts to discuss logical conflicts. - It describes the nature of something that is self-contradictory or mutually exclusive with another thing.

Examples

• The contradictoriness of his statements made it impossible to determine the truth.
• Philosophers often analyze the contradictoriness within certain ethical theories.
• The report highlighted the contradictoriness between the company's public mission and its private actions.

Advanced Usage

• Logical Contradictoriness: Used specifically in logic and philosophy to denote a violation of the law of non-contradiction, where a proposition and its negation are both asserted to be true.
  • The argument was dismissed due to its fundamental logical contradictoriness.

Variants and Related Words

• Contradictory (adj): Mutually opposed or inconsistent.
  • The witness gave contradictory accounts of the event.
• Contradiction (n): A combination of statements, ideas, or features which are opposed to one another.
  • There is a clear contradiction between his words and his deeds.

Synonyms

• Inconsistency
• Incompatibility
• Oppositeness
• Incongruity

Antonyms

• Consistency
• Compatibility
• Concordance
• Agreement

Related Phrases/Idioms

• A contradiction in terms: A phrase or statement that contains words or ideas that contradict each other (e.g., "deafening silence").
  • Calling it a "peaceful war" is a contradiction in terms. (Note: This idiom uses the related noun "contradiction," not "contradictoriness" directly).

Noun

1. the relation that exists when opposites cannot coexist