CONTRADICTORINESS Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

contradictoriness

noun

Definition of contradictoriness

as in disparity

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Noun

Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera acknowledged the disparity when announcing the lineup, calling it a recent low for the festival.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
Severe economic disparities brought many young women and men from Thailand’s poor northeastern Isan region to work in Pattaya’s lucrative nightlife sector.

— Grant Peck, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 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

Noun

Despite some opposition from a handful of progressives and hardline conservatives, the stopgap measure, which the Senate already approved in a bipartisan vote in August, overwhelmingly passed the House, too.

— Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
In a key development, CSU dropped its opposition to the bills after resisting past efforts out of concern that far less costly community college degrees could siphon students from its campuses.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of opposition

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At about 230 kelvin, or minus 45 degrees Fahrenheit, the researchers found that strain could change the polarity of this Hall signal.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
The weaponization of frontier AI flips that polarity, reducing the mean time to discovery of infrastructure vulnerabilities and the potential of accelerating data exfiltration from weeks and days to hours and minutes.

— Will Townsend, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of polarity

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Leslie McIntosh, within-group variance (Changes) Changes’ first/second book prize, launched in 2022 with Louise Gluck as the first judge, has already delivered gems such as Jimin Seo’s Ossia and Rachel Mannheimer’s Earth Room.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Sep. 2026
Digital is quicker and less prone to issues, but this project called for a variance and individuality to match the wonderful storytellers waiting for the bus.

— Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of variance

Noun

Supporters point out the discrepancies between the district’s Black students and their peers.

— Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Some of the information provided at pickup regarding the trucking company, driver, and vehicles involved contained discrepancies and is also under investigation.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of discrepancy

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