CONTRADICTORINESS Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

contradictoriness

noun

Definition of contradictoriness

as in disparity

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Noun

It’s linked to maternal and infant health disparities, including preterm births, low birth weight, maternal depression, infant death and chronic illness.

— Mona Hanna, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
Don’t expect anywhere near the same talent disparity when Maryland visits Rentschler Field for a big-time Week 2 spot on Saturday.

— Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 10 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

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In May, a groundswell of opposition spearheaded by neighborhood leaders and advocates pushed the regional transportation board to kill the project.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2026
Israel announces countermeasures Opponents including Britain's opposition Conservative Party warned the move could isolate Israel.

— Lauren Frayer, NPR, 8 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

But many of the ads were curiously not marked as violating Meta’s policy on child exploitation until TTP noted the discrepancy and Meta updated its records.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026
Having records in two countries — and discrepancies between them — is common among dual citizens, both Lincoln-Goldfinch and Stevens said.

— María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of discrepancy

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