CONTRADICTORINESS Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

contradictoriness

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Definition of contradictoriness

as in disparity

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Noun

But there’s a disparity in initial reactions and long-term expectations.

— Tomas Milar, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026
El-Sayed trained as a physician-scientist, doing research on health disparities and maternal health before becoming the head of Detroit’s public health department.

— Sarah Todd, STAT, 4 Nov. 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

Following an extended advance, the S & P 500 began testing its rising 50-day moving average as negative RSI divergences developed.

— Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
The divergence shows how much revenue growth now depends on earning more from each passenger rather than carrying more of them.

— Reuters, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of divergence

Noun

In the string of cases, Elias Law Group represented various voting rights groups and nonprofit organizations, rather than the states themselves, though the firm’s intervention strategy has helped the legal opposition.

— Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 2 Nov. 2026
Meanwhile, Rodríguez is already signaling an interest in working with Washington, despite some of her public rhetoric, tapping former opposition aide Oliver Blanco as foreign minister.

— Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of opposition

Noun

Ion-generating toothbrushes release charged particles to induce a polarity that helps repel plaque, for example.

— Mike McRae, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2026
These sensors can detect both the magnitude and polarity of a magnetic field, and the board can report its measurements hundreds to thousands of times per second, depending on how much processing power your microcontroller has available.

— Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of polarity

Noun

Almost none of the variance in the different measures correlated with each other.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026
Gallup’s research reinforces the importance of the manager-employee relationship, finding that managers account for approximately 70% of the variance in team engagement.

— Adithyan RK, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of variance

Noun

The secretary of state can request a recount if petitioned by a candidate who believes there is an error or a discrepancy in the vote.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
According to a Charleston press release, Darren Clarke, head of collections and research at Charleston, believes the discrepancy in timing may be explained by Grant’s practice in later life of retrospectively dating works.

— News Desk, Artforum, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of discrepancy

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