fundamental contradiction
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffundamentalandcontradiction
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fundamental
adjective
uk/ˌfʌn.dəˈmen.təl/us/ˌfʌn.dəˈmen.t̬əl/
forming the base, from which everything ...
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contradiction
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌkɒn.trəˈdɪk.ʃən/us/ˌkɑːn.trəˈdɪk.ʃən/
the fact of something being the complete opposite of something else or very different from something else, so that one of them must ...
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(Definition offundamentalandcontradictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There appears to be afundamentalcontradictionhere.
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This is the consequence of thefundamentalcontradictionin his doctrine of the state.
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This implies afundamentalcontradictionwith the cardinality criterion of freedom.
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Surprisingly, revonsuo has missed this concept in his very substantial review of psychological and biological functions of dreams, although it is very relevant and avoids thefundamentalcontradictionnoted earlier.
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We will argue in our conclusion that some of these challenges are here to stay, due to afundamentalcontradictionbetween the large-scale distribution and strict formalization of knowledge.
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There is a much morefundamentalcontradictionin respect of that role.
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That would be afundamentalcontradictionof a basic human right?
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There appears to be afundamentalcontradictionin many aspects of government policy.
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Surely there is afundamentalcontradictionhere which has to be resolved.
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There is afundamentalcontradictionin schedule 4.
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That is afundamentalcontradictionin logic and in fairness.
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This incompatibility, thisfundamentalcontradiction, is the background to the matter we are discussing today—sugar marketing.
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That is afundamentalcontradictionin the position of the franchising authority.
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I feel that this means there is afundamentalcontradictionin the directive's approach, which we cannot support as it is proposed here.
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Thisfundamentalcontradictionaffects all of the policies which we intend to pursue together.
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I have the greatest difficulty in understanding how the matter will be resolved, because at the bottom line there is afundamentalcontradiction.
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For different reasons, there has again been afundamentalcontradictionin their arguments today.
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There is afundamentalcontradiction, in that if councils provide services themselves, their ability to demand quality of that service is severely eroded.
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There is afundamentalcontradictionin where it is at the moment.
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There is afundamentalcontradictionin their policies.
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