inner contradiction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinnerandcontradiction
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inner
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈɪn.ər/us/ˈɪn.ɚ/
inside or contained within ...
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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 ofinnerandcontradictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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As a result, he comes against another very seriousinnercontradiction.
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As a result, he comes against another very seriousinnercontradiction.
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I had always thought that there was aninnercontradictionin the policies of the radical right.
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I though that in his speech there was, to some extent, a sort ofinnercontradiction.
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The evident inner contradictions it revealed between knowledge and deployment produced the space to formulate a more productive and disciplinary mechanism.
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This and this alone accounts for the inner contradictions present in what he says happened to him there.
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It succumbs to the same inner contradictions as its sister schools of theology.
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Firstly, the findings, including their inner contradictions and dilemmas, need to be augmented by further interviews.
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It was an interesting reflection on the present state of the party opposite which revealed the inner contradictions of capitalism most aptly.
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The boy struggles with his inner contradictions to eliminate old prejudices and transform society.
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