How to say "contradiction" in Japanese

• 矛盾むじゅんJLPT N2approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe default word for a logical contradiction or inconsistency — when statements, arguments, or someone's words and actions contradict each other. Covers most everyday senses of 'contradiction'.
  それは矛盾むじゅんだらけだ。↗

  It's a bundle of contradictions.
• 抵触ていしょくCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbBest when a claim, theory, or rule conflicts with or is incompatible with something else, such as a law or another position. For plain logical self-contradiction, 矛盾 is usually the word you want.
  これらのストラテジーがエメット理論りろんと抵触ていしょくするかもしれないというのが、彼かれらの仮説かせつである。↗

  Their hypothesis is that these strategies may come into conflict with Emmet's theory.

Use 矛盾 for a contradiction or inconsistency in statements, ideas, or behavior; use 抵触 when a claim or theory conflicts with something else or is incompatible with it.

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• 矛盾むじゅんcontradiction
• 撞着どうちゃくcontradiction
• 矛盾性むじゅんせいcontradiction
• 相反そうはんmutual opposition
• とんちんかんabsurdity
• 氷炭ひょうたんice and charcoal
• 弁駁べんばくrefutation
• 背馳はいちinconsistency
• 齟齬そごinconsistency
• 抵触ていしょくconflict (with a theory, claim, etc.)
• 背反はいはんcontradiction