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advocation
English
Etymology
From Latin advoc?ti?. Doublet of advowson.
Noun
advocation (countable and uncountable, plural advocations)
- (archaic) Advocacy; the act of advocating or pleading.
- (Britain, law) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church.
- (Scotland, law) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.
See also
- avocation
References
- advocation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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contradiction
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French contradiction, from Latin contr?dicti?, from contr?d?c? (“speak against”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?nt???d?k??n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k??nt???d?k??n/
- Rhymes: -?k??n
Noun
contradiction (countable and uncountable, plural contradictions)
- (countable, uncountable) The act of contradicting.
- His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting.
- (countable) A statement that contradicts itself, i.e., a statement that claims 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.
- There is a contradiction in what you say: she can't be both married and single.
- (countable) A logical inconsistency among two or more elements or propositions.
- Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism.
- (logic, countable) A proposition that is false for all values of its propositional variables or Boolean atoms.
Synonyms
- (statement that contradicts itself): oxymoron
- (proposition that is false for all values of its variables): ?, ??, ?, ?, ?
Antonyms
- (proposition that is false for all values of its variables): tautology
Coordinate terms
- (proposition that is false for all values of its variables): contingency, tautology
Related terms
- contradict
- contradictory
- self-contradiction
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin contradictio, contradictionem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.t?a.dik.sj??/
Noun
contradiction f (plural contradictions)
- contradiction (clarification of this definition is needed)
Derived terms
- esprit de contradiction
Related terms
- contradictoire
- contredire
Further reading
- “contradiction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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