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contradictory
[ kon-truh-dik-tuh-ree ]
adjective
- asserting the contrary or opposite; contradicting; inconsistent; logically opposite:
contradictory statements.
Synonyms: paradoxical, irreconcilable
- tending or inclined to contradict.
noun
- Logic. a proposition so related to a second that it is impossible for both to be true or both to be false.
contradictory
/ ˌkɒntrəˈdɪktərɪ /
adjective
- inconsistent; incompatible
- given to argument and contention
a contradictory person
- See subcontrary, contrarylogic (of a pair of statements) unable both to be true or both to be false under the same circumstances Compare contrary subcontrary
noun
- logic a statement that cannot be true when a given statement is true or false when it is false
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Derived Forms
- ˌcontraˈdictoriness, noun
- ˌcontraˈdictorily, adverb
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Other Words From
- contra·dicto·ri·ly adverb
- contra·dicto·ri·ness noun
- inter·contra·dicto·ry adjective
- noncon·tra·dicto·ry adjective noun plural noncontradictories
- uncon·tra·dicto·ry adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of contradictory1
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Example Sentences
America presents two contradictory narratives that it struggles to reconcile.
My optimism springs from the contradictory statements of the conservative justices of the court.
His teammates go further, doubting whether anybody fathoms the consistently contradictory Palmer--least of all Palmer.
Consolmango writes that the Bible actually contains several contradictory Creation theories.
The upshot of these contradictory findings is that most people have trouble believing the figures produced by either side.
By men the laws of a nation may be altered without being made contradictory to one another, or to oppose the law of God.
He was preserved from the fantastic by another gift which seems contradictory to the first.
A word on the contradictory education which we bestow upon our daughters.
But how are we to reconcile improbable facts related in a contradictory manner?
How, said they, could they assist by their presence at public prayers which were utterly contradictory to their private ones?
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