CONTRADICTORINESS Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

contradictoriness

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Definition of contradictoriness

as in disparity

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Noun

But the disparity also illustrates why neither ESPN nor the NFL should be particularly concerned about Monday's unusually poor number.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
In the central bank's Survey of Consumer Finances, researchers found that while wealth disparities narrowed somewhat, the ability to meet debt payments deteriorated significantly.

— Jeff Cox, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of disparity

Noun

In fact, the German scholar Winfried Fluck, in a study of the Americanization of global culture, credited Americans’ dissimilarities with the dominance of its popular culture.

— Lily Rothman, Time, 23 Apr. 2026
Their results support the hypothesis that limiting trait similarity allows the establishment of non-native parakeets at the local scale by reducing competition with native species due to trait dissimilarity.

— GrrlScientist, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2026

Definition of dissimilarity

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The divergence comes as investors grapple with a more hawkish Federal Reserve, persistent inflation and a sharp rise in Treasury yields — fueling concerns that higher borrowing costs could weigh on lending and economic growth.

— Paulina Likos, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026
This divergence reflects both short-term irregularities in how fast Earth rotates, and a very gradual, long-term slowdown of Earth’s rotation, caused primarily by the Moon’s gravitational pull on Earth’s oceans.

— Vahe Peroomian, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of divergence

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The massive warehouse campuses generating energy for AI projects have drawn bipartisan opposition, with voters concerned about their impact on electricity prices, farmland and water supplies.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
Even these changes, though, would face years of fierce opposition from people with the resources to fight them while the public’s attention inevitably flagged.

— Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of opposition

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Magnetic flux and polarity specs are hard to find because there’s no standard for measuring magnetic flux, and many users don’t seek or need this information.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026
Apply one polarity and the white particles move toward the top of a capsule.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of polarity

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Among various scientific projects, his NCBRS Worldwide Foundation is partnering with the University of Dusseldorf to map the variance in the severity of symptoms seen across NCBRS patients.

— Deepa Fernandes, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
With their attorney, the Pyles have argued that the city issued a permit for what amounts to a two-story building on that site without requesting a zoning variance.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of variance

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In 2001, authorities became aware of the discrepancies surrounding Jamal’s immigration history, and he was eventually convicted of lying to immigration officials.

— Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
An agent can pull the vendor record, recognize a partial match under a legacy entity name, check the discrepancy against a tolerance a controller set and route the exception to the one person who can approve it, with its reasoning attached.

— Michael Wegmüller, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of discrepancy

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