direct contradiction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdirectandcontradiction
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direct
adjective
uk/daɪˈrekt/us/daɪˈrekt/
going in a straight line towards somewhere or someone without stopping or ...
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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 ofdirectandcontradictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Sometimes some of the constraints obtained from the objects themselves may be indirectcontradiction to constraints already present in the action being invoked.
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It is this second position, which was not emphasized in the paper, which is indirectcontradictionto previous authors.
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This is indirectcontradictionto the hypothesis that increased civil liberties will lead to an initial upsurge in ethnic conflict.
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The speech contains adirectcontradictionwithin the space of a few lines.
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It will be no more than a token if it is suffocated beneath general policing methods which amount to adirectcontradictionof it.
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It is a little insensitive of the party opposite to talk about thedirectcontradictionof election promises.
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The basis of his case is indirectcontradictionto the industrial facts in this country since the end of the war.
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I believe that that is indirectcontradictionwith the scare stories put around before we reached that stage in the privatisation process.
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That is indirectcontradictionwith the argument put forward during local government reorganisation.
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They are indirectcontradictionto the principles expressed by their own leaders when they sat on these benches in 1951.
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That statement is adirectcontradictionin terms of the meaning of planning.
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It seems to me that we have here adirectcontradiction: either there are plenty of them or there are not.
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These principles seem to me to be indirectcontradiction.
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That is adirectcontradictionof the terms of the report.
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This new tax is adirectcontradictionof that policy.
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Is he further aware that those figures are adirectcontradictionof what he says?
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So, if there is any suggestion in any quarter that it is entirely satisfactory, let that go out on the record as adirectcontradiction.
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Certainly, his view is indirectcontradictionto that of the leaders of this industry.
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There is adirectcontradictionin terms, is there not?
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It seems to be indirectcontradictionto the other.
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