Meaning of CONTRADICTORY
| Pronunciation: | | `kântru'dikturee
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- [n] two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time
- [adj] unable to be both true at the same time
- [adj] in disagreement; "the figures are at odds with our findings"; "contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness"- John Morley
- [adj] that confounds or contradicts or confuses
- [adj] of words so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false; "`perfect' and `imperfect' are contradictory terms"
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| | Synonyms: | | antonymous, at odds(p), conflicting, confounding, incompatible, inconsistent, mutually exclusive, self-contradictory, unsupportive |
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\Con`tra*dict"o*ry\, a. [LL. contradictorius: cf.
F. contradictoire.]
1. Affirming the contrary; implying a denial of what has been
asserted; also, mutually contradicting; inconsistent.
``Contradictory assertions.'' --South.
2. Opposing or opposed; repugnant.
Schemes . . . contradictory to common sense.
--Addisn.
\Con`tra*dict"o*ry\, n.; pl. {Contradictories}.
1. A proposition or thing which denies or opposes another;
contrariety.
It is common with princes to will contradictories.
--Bacon.
2. pl. (Logic) propositions with the same terms, but opposed
to each other both in quality and quantity.
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