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WordSyllablesCategories
contradicts
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Verb
contradictions
xx/x
Noun
at odds
//
Phrase
conflicting
x/x
Adjective
juxtapositions
xxx/x
Noun
at loggerheads
//xx
Phrase, Adjective
incongruence
x/xx
Noun
juxtaposes
xx/x
Verb
at variance
//xx
Phrase
incongruent
x/xx
Adjective
contradistinction
/xx/x
Noun
antithetical
xx/xx
Adjective
contraries
/xx
Noun
incongruities
xx/xx
Noun
mutually exclusive
/xxxx/x
Phrase, Adjective
opposites
/xx
Noun
incommensurability
xx/xx/xx
Noun
antitheses
x/xx
Noun
contrasts
/x
Noun
oppositional
xx/xx
Adjective
mismatches
x/x
Noun
disjunction
x/x
Noun
antagonistic
xxx/x
Adjective
counterproductive
/xxxx
Adjective
incompatibility
xxxx/xx
Noun
counterintuitive
xxx/xx
Adjective
confusing
x/x
Adjective
confounding
x/x
Noun
cognitive dissonance
/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
dichotomies
x/xx
Noun
disagreement
xx/x
Noun
dualities
x/xx
Noun
contravening
/x/x
Verb
disjunctive
x/x
Adjective
misunderstandings
xxx/x
Noun
opposing
x/x
Verb
paradoxes
/xxx
Noun
antinomies
x/xx
Noun
antisymmetric
xxx/x
Adjective