[{"word":"contradiction","phonetic":"/ˌkɒntɹəˈdɪkʃən/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˌkɒntɹəˈdɪkʃən/","audio":""},{"text":"/ˌkɑːntɹəˈdɪkʃən/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act of contradicting.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting."},{"definition":"A statement that contradicts itself, i.e., a statement that makes a claim that the same thing is true and that it is false at the same time and in the same senses of the terms.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"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."},{"definition":"A logical inconsistency among two or more elements or propositions.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism."},{"definition":"A proposition that is false for all values of its variables.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["※","↮","↯","⇒⇐","⊥","oxymoron"],"antonyms":["tautology"]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/contradiction"]}]