different between contradiction vs contradictor

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)

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of contradicting.

   His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting.

2. (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.

3. (countable) A logical inconsistency among two or more elements or propositions.

   Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism.

4. (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)

1. 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).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contr?dictor.

Noun

contradictor (plural contradictors)

1. Alternative form of contradicter
   • 1980, Stephen King, The Mist

     “That was in Casco,” his wife contradicted immediately. She spoke in the unmistakable tones of a veteran contradictor.

Latin

Etymology

From contr?d?c? (“I speak against; contradict”), from contr? (“against”) + d?c? (“I say, speak”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kon.tra??dik.tor/, [k?n?t??ä??d??kt??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.tra?dik.tor/, [k?n?t????d?ikt??r]

Noun

contr?dictor m (genitive contr?dict?ris); third declension

1. Someone who replies or objects; opponent.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

Descendants

• Catalan: contradictor
• French: contradicteur
• Italian: contradditore
• Portuguese: contraditor
• Spanish: contradictor

References

• contradictor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• contradictor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• contradictor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contr?dictor.

Adjective

contradictor (feminine contradictora, masculine plural contradictores, feminine plural contradictoras)

1. contradictory

Noun

contradictor m (plural contradictores, feminine contradictora, feminine plural contradictoras)

1. contradicter

Related terms

• contradecir
• contradicción