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Contradictions are ideas presented together that appear to be opposites. This can feel paradoxical and illogical. Contradictions are often used to express truths in a poetic way that captures the irony, humor, strangeness, complexities and grey areas of the real world. The following are common examples of arguably contradictory phrases.
Act naturally | Alone together | Awfully good | Civil war | Cold fire | Constantly changing | Controlled chaos | Dark light | Deafening silence | Definite maybe | Deliberate mistake | Easy challenge | Endless limit | False reality | Friendly fire | Global village | Good grief | Growing smaller | Harmless danger | Historical present | Icy hot | Intense apathy | Known unknowns | Negative happiness | New classic | Open secret | Peacekeeping war | Planned spontaneity | Random order | Real illusion | Real imitation | Reliable uncertainty | Rushed leisure | Same difference | Simple complexity | Sweet sorrow | Timeless moment | True lies | Uncommonly common | Wise fool |
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