Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Direct opposition; contrariety in assertion or effect.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being contradictory; opposition; inconsistency.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state or quality of being
contradictory .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the relation that exists when opposites cannot coexist
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Examples
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But his books are shards of autobiography, and his account of faith’s contradictoriness is an account of his own contradictoriness.
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But his books are shards of autobiography, and his account of faith’s contradictoriness is an account of his own contradictoriness.
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It is especially important, then, that the discovery of our contradictoriness should be the basis for our sympathy for others unlike us.
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In your piece, you mention Williams's use of the term "contradictoriness" to describe the experience of Christian faith.
A Flock Divided 2009
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In your piece, you mention Williams's use of the term "contradictoriness" to describe the experience of Christian faith.
A Flock Divided 2009
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In your piece, you mention Williams's use of the term "contradictoriness" to describe the experience of Christian faith.
A Flock Divided 2009
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In your piece, you mention Williams's use of the term "contradictoriness" to describe the experience of Christian faith.
A Flock Divided 2009
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Two stand out; in them, he developed “contradictoriness” into a highly unorthodox approach to leadership.
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He sees “contradictoriness” as a quality at the root of Christianity, and he sees that as a strength.
A Flock Divided 2009
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Christian faith has its beginnings in an experience of profound contradictoriness.
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