contradictory
asserting the contrary or opposite; contradicting; inconsistent; logically opposite: contradictory statements.
tending or inclined to contradict.
Logic. a proposition so related to a second that it is impossible for both to be true or both to be false.
Origin of contradictory
1Other words for contradictory
Other words from contradictory
- con·tra·dic·to·ri·ly, adverb
- con·tra·dic·to·ri·ness, noun
- in·ter·con·tra·dic·to·ry, adjective
- non·con·tra·dic·to·ry, adjective, noun, plural non·con·tra·dic·to·ries.
- un·con·tra·dic·to·ry, adjective
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How to use contradictory in a sentence
“Association or participation with hate or extremist groups of any kind is directly contradictory to the core values of honor, courage and commitment that we stand for as Marines and isn’t tolerated,” Capt.
The Boogaloo Bois Have Guns, Criminal Records and Military Training. Now They Want to Overthrow the Government. | by A.C. Thompson, ProPublica, and Lila Hassan and Karim Hajj, FRONTLINE | February 1, 2021 | ProPublicaUnderstanding the world requires the mind-expanding realization that one thing viewed “from different perspectives, can seem to have very different or even contradictory properties.”
‘Fundamentals’ shows how reality is built from a few basic ingredients | Tom Siegfried | January 26, 2021 | Science NewsFor now, the franchise remains on a strangely contradictory course.
Today in D.C.: Headlines to start your Wednesday in D.C., Maryland and Virginia | Dana Hedgpeth, Teddy Amenabar | December 10, 2020 | Washington PostA century ago, as medical researchers searched desperately for a therapeutic for influenza, public health agencies and government officials offered divergent and often contradictory statements about the potential value of serums and vaccines.
History reminds us that vaccines alone don’t end pandemics | E. Thomas Ewing | November 30, 2020 | Washington PostThe wave of Supreme Court action on lawsuits challenging state election procedures and vote counting across the country in advance of Election Day appears at times contradictory and haphazard.
One theory by one justice binds together Supreme Court’s contradictory election opinions | Robert Barnes | October 30, 2020 | Washington Post
And, indeed, geology gives us an answer; but it reads contradictorily: It says yes, and it says no.
Her clothes conceal and reveal, artfully and contradictorily and endlessly.
I, Mary MacLane | Mary MacLaneBut those others of them who intermeddle in state affairs act yet more contradictorily to their own doctrines.
Essays and Miscellanies | PlutarchThe dying confessions are contradictorily reported, and all the reports are worthless.
The Mystery of Mary Stuart | Andrew LangHe was to be taught to understand—nay, angelically he would understand at once—why she had behaved apparently so contradictorily.
The Tragic Comedians, Complete | George Meredith
British Dictionary definitions for contradictory
/ (ˌkɒntrəˈdɪktərɪ) /
inconsistent; incompatible
given to argument and contention: a contradictory person
logic (of a pair of statements) unable both to be true or both to be false under the same circumstances: Compare contrary (def. 5), subcontrary (def. 1)
logic a statement that cannot be true when a given statement is true or false when it is false
Derived forms of contradictory
- contradictorily, adverb
- contradictoriness, noun
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