The process especially associated with Hegel of arriving at the truth by stating a thesis, developing a contradictory antithesis, and combining and resolving them into a coherent synthesis.
黑格尔辩证法特别指与黑格尔通过陈述正题、展开矛盾的反题, 并综合和解决它使之成为有条理的综合体而求得真理有关联的过程
Something that contains contradictory elements.
矛盾体包含相互对立因素的事物
There were contradictory versions of what happened/of what the President said.
对於发生的事情[对於总统说的话]说法相互矛盾.