Party vote following piece of text that's contradictory (7)
I believe the answer is:
paradox
'contradictory' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'party vote following piece of text' is the wordplay.
'party' becomes 'do' (do can informally mean a party).
'vote' becomes 'x' (how votes are marked).
'following' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'piece of text' becomes 'para' (abbreviation for paragraph).
'do'+'x'='dox'
'dox' after 'para' is 'PARADOX'.
'that's' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for paradox that I've seen before include "An apparent absurdity" , "Statement seeming to be self-contradictory" , "Seemingly absurd statement that may be true" , "Seeming contradiction" , "Apparently contradictory statement" .)