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αντίφαση — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • contradiction noun A statement or idea that is inconsistent with another, or that clashes with itself.
  • paradox noun A statement or situation that seems to contradict itself yet may still be true.

Senses

αντίφαση is used for these senses in English:

  • contradiction (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.
  • paradox A person or thing having contradictory properties.

contradiction — full definition

  1. noun A statement or idea that is inconsistent with another, or that clashes with itself.
  2. noun The act of contradicting.

paradox — full definition

  1. noun A statement or situation that seems to contradict itself yet may still be true.
  2. noun A person or thing that combines seemingly contradictory qualities.

Related Greek words