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Contradiction

An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or affirmed; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; contrary declaration; gainsaying.

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Antinomy 76% connected

Opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule.

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Dialectic 76% connected

Same as Dialectics.

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Paradox 76% connected

A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense; that which in app…

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Self-contradiction 76% connected

The act of contradicting one's self or itself; repugnancy in conceptions or in terms; a proposition consisting of two members, one of which contradic…

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Falsehood 76% connected

Want of truth or accuracy; an untrue assertion or representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity.

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Falsity 76% connected

The quality of being false; coutrariety or want of conformity to truth.

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Negation 76% connected

The act of denying; assertion of the nonreality or untruthfulness of anything; declaration that something is not, or has not been, or will not be; de…

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Oppositeness 76% connected

The quality or state of being opposite.

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Opposition 76% connected

The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.

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Untruth 76% connected

The quality of being untrue; contrariety to truth; want of veracity; also, treachery; faithlessness; disloyalty.

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Contradict 74% connected

To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a statement or a speaker; to impugn.

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Contradict 74% connected

To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a statement or a speaker; to impugn.

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Assumption noun · 86% connection

a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured, we can i…

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Axiom noun · 86% connection

(logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident

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Cogency noun · 86% connection

the quality of being valid and rigorous

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Conclusion noun · 86% connection

the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllo…

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Contradiction in terms noun · 86% connection

(logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement ‘he is brave and he is not brave’ is a contradiction"

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Converse noun · 86% connection

a proposition obtained by conversion

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Corollary noun · 86% connection

(logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition

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Deductive reasoning noun · 86% connection

reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

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Euclid's axiom noun · 86% connection

(mathematics) any of five axioms that are generally recognized as the basis for Euclidean geometry

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Euclid's postulate noun · 86% connection

(mathematics) any of five axioms that are generally recognized as the basis for Euclidean geometry

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Euclidean axiom noun · 86% connection

(mathematics) any of five axioms that are generally recognized as the basis for Euclidean geometry

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False belief noun · 86% connection

a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning

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Grounds noun · 86% connection

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…

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Lemma noun · 86% connection

a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition

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Particular noun · 86% connection

(logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class

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Posit noun · 86% connection

(logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

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Postulate noun · 86% connection

(logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

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Premise noun · 86% connection

a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured, we can i…

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Acknowledgment noun · 78% connection

A declaration or avowal of one's own act, to give it legal validity; as, the acknowledgment of a deed before a proper officer. Also, t…

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Affirmation noun · 78% connection

The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; -- opposed to negation or denial.

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Ascetic noun · 78% connection

In the early church, one who devoted himself to a solitary and contemplative life, characterized by devotion, extreme self-denial, and…

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Asseveration noun · 78% connection

The act of asseverating, or that which is asseverated; positive affirmation or assertion; solemn declaration.

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Contradictory adjective · 78% connection

Affirming the contrary; implying a denial of what has been asserted; also, mutually contradicting; inconsistent.

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Declaration noun · 78% connection

The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclama…

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Declaratively adverb · 78% connection

By distinct assertion; not impliedly; in the form of a declaration.

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Denial noun · 78% connection

The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation.

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Disbelief noun · 78% connection

The act of disbelieving;; a state of the mind in which one is fully persuaded that an opinion, assertion, or doctrine is not true; ref…

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Dispute verb · 78% connection

To oppose by argument or assertion; to attempt to overthrow; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question;…

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Doubt verb · 78% connection

A fluctuation of mind arising from defect of knowledge or evidence; uncertainty of judgment or mind; unsettled state of opinion concer…

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