contradictory ideas

collocation in English

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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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idea
noun
uk
/aɪˈdɪə/us
/aɪˈdiː.ə/
a suggestion or plan for ...
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In the end, it was the ability of the device to unify opposing possibilities, giving a balanced platform to contradictory ideas, which most strongly suggested its ethical reach.
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But this is a very fuzzy concept indeed, as society is made up of numerous interest groups who may have mutually contradictory ideas about the value of, for example, forests.
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I hope he will not mind my saying that he is a strange mixture of contradictory ideas and notions.
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That single sentence contains two completely contradictory ideas.
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It is one of the difficulties of a discussion of this sort that one is apt to be accused, perhaps naturally, of putting forward contradictory ideas in one speech.
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This, he says, eliminates contradictory ideas like the set of all sets or the set of all ordinal numbers.
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For example, various contradictory ideas about someone could each be supported by concentrating on one aspect of his or her behavior.
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They contain seemingly contradictory ideas, each expressing a particular perspective on divine events.
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Specifically, they are more likely to make incorrect inferences from evidence and to hold contradictory ideas that result from compartmentalized thinking.
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The poem does not try to find the truth-value of a particular idea; it tries to juxtapose many, contradictory ideas together and reach a sort of resolution.
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