Adversarial vs Contradiction - What's the difference?
adversarial | contradiction |
Characteristic of, or in the manner of, an adversary; combative, hostile, opposed
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(uncountable) The act of contradicting.
(countable) A statement that contradicts itself.
(countable) a logical incompatibility among two or more elements or propositions
(logic, countable) A proposition that is false for all values of its variables.
As an adjective adversarial
is characteristic of, or in the manner of, an adversary; combative, hostile, opposed.As a noun contradiction is
(uncountable) the act of contradicting.adversarial
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* cooperativeDerived terms
* adversarial system * adversariallycontradiction
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(wikipedia contradiction)Noun
- His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting.
- There is a contradiction in what you say - she can't be both married and single.
- Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism.