Vocabulary

矛盾

contradiction; inconsistency

noun suru-verb vi
N2 freq #7

Example sentences

What he said yesterday was not in accord with what he said last week.

His behavior conflicts with what he says.

The results will not contradict the theory.

Your story doesn't corroborate what I've heard before.

For example, if a chain-smoking teacher cautions a pupil for smoking, that warning is self-contradictory.

He isn't consistent with himself.