Ironic vs Contradiction - What's the difference?
ironic | contradiction |
Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
* 2014 , Steven Pinker The Sense of Style
Given to the use of irony; sarcastic.
(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 ironic
is ironic.As a noun contradiction is
(uncountable) the act of contradicting.ironic
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Alternative forms
* ironick (qualifier)Adjective
(en adjective)- It was ironic I forgot my textbook on human memory.
Synonyms
* ironicalUsage notes
Some writers complain about an overuse of the word ironic to extend to situations which are remarkable for reasons other than irony - perhaps just coincidental or merely odd.Derived terms
* ironically * dramatic irony * postironic * Socratic ironySee also
* (projectlink) ----contradiction
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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.
