contradictory
adjective
asserting the contrary or opposite; contradicting; inconsistent; logically opposite.
contradictories
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pluralof contradictory.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Not for the first time in history we have to seek the truth in the reconciliation, or at least the cohabitation, of apparent contradictories.
From Progress and History by Francis Sydney Marvin
They are contradictories, that is, one must be, to the exclusion of the other.
From Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jesse H. Jones
Of two contradictories one or other must be true: we must either affirm or deny any one thing of any other: no mean or middle is possible.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by William Minto
The animal and the spiritual are not contradictories; they are the complements in the perfect character; and in the middle ages, as in all ages of genuine earnestness, they interfused and penetrated each other.
From Short Studies on Great Subjects by James Anthony Froude
Without an authoritative Logical Dictionary to refer to, where all contradictories, synonyms, and contraries may be found on record, Formal Logic will hardly sanction the free play of common sense.
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Carveth Read
