contradictory element
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contradictory
adjective
uk/ˌkɒn.trəˈdɪk.tər.i/us/ˌkɑːn.trəˈdɪk.tɚ.i/
If two or more facts, pieces of advice, etc. are contradictory, they are very different from ...
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element
noun
uk/ˈel.ɪ.mənt/us/ˈel.ə.mənt/
a part ...
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The dissolution of a synthesis can lead to the reemergence of the contradictory elements of which it was composed.
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The right to enfranchisement corrected an archaic andcontradictoryelementof the law.
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In other words, the point at which these contradictory elements in the blues cross over each other carves out a space for signifying practice.
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Like the double entendres of the signifying trickster character, the music of the blues encompasses several contradictory elements.
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In this sense, research and practice in the architecture of tomorrow may have to be regarded as complementary rather than contradictory elements of architecture.
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Each history, however, consists of contradictory elements, and the present is but a mere incidental offspring of the past.
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The dissolution of a synthesis can lead to the reemergence of the contradictory elements of which it was composed.
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This struggle between liberating and confining elements on the formal level recalls the tension between the contradictory elements of coloratura.
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The first section of the article sets out this functional approach, using it to explore previous perspectives on decentralization and to highlight the positive, negative, and contradictory elements they contain.
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In her report, the rapporteur included many worrying and often contradictory elements.
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We seem to be caught between two contradictory elements.
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There is therefore a need for a strategy that reconciles these two contradictory elements.
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Because of the concern to reach a compromise, contradictory elements have been included in the resolution, leaving the message confused instead of more convincing.
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It makes the first attempt for centuries to codify the hallmarking law and so eliminate the contradictory elements which have crept into it over the years.
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The three purposes present some contradictory elements.
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It had certain contradictory elements in it.
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How does he square those apparently contradictory elements where individual parts of the budget will grow with the fact that the budget itself will be discipline contrained?
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The computer is literally disemboweled to construct provoking sculptures and assemblies and combine seemingly contradictory elements.
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Lavin's performance might be what holds these contradictory elements in perfect balance.
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