obvious contradiction

collocation in English

meaningsofobviousandcontradiction

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obvious
adjective
uk
/ˈɒb.vi.əs/us
/ˈɑːb.vi.əs/
easy to see, recognize, ...
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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 ofobviousandcontradictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofobvious contradiction

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This conclusion is certainly not anobviouscontradiction.
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If religious experience is to testify consistently to any truth, it must be one that is beyond theobviouscontradictionof various concrete religious experiences.
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Theobviouscontradictionbetween these notions, originality and appropriation, is not taken care of, however, by any further discussion.
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We are trapped in a perfectlyobviouscontradiction.
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There seems to be anobviouscontradictionbetween those two passages.
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There was quite anobviouscontradictionbetween the claims that were falsely made there this morning and what is actually contained in the resolution.
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That would be anobviouscontradictionin terms.
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There seems to be anobviouscontradictionhere.
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There is anobviouscontradictionbetween those two statements.
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There is anobviouscontradictionhere.
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This is anobviouscontradictionto claims of risk-sharing.
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Kamuaro brings up a relativelyobviouscontradiction, any commercial venture into unspoiled, pristine land with or without the eco prefix as a contradiction in terms.
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Perhaps the mostobviouscontradictionto the actual future is the existence of flying cars and air motorways as seen in the film.
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The court also addressed the intention of 1202, and found that there was noobviouscontradictionbetween the plain wording and the goal of the legislation.
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Considering that numerous viewpoints are presented, together with the obvious contradictions this might imply, it seems bizarre to note just one such occurrence.
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It also has some very obvious contradictions and is full of untenable generalizations.
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There are some obvious contradictions, for example between the political desire to remove frontiers and the desire to combat international crime.
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With two such obvious contradictions the statement is worthless.
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