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contradict

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Understanding meaning

A contradiction means two things are the complete opposite of each other and that they cannot both be right at the same time.

For example:

It is a contradiction to say that he is good at English if he failed his English course.

Can you find the contradictions in the following sayings?

'The more things change, the more they stay the same.'

'We can't live with them, and we can't live without them.'

Which answers below are closest in meaning to contradiction?

Two beliefs are very similar.

Ideas are different or do not agree.

Only one of two things can be true.

Two ideas are the opposite of each other.