contradictory
adjective
asserting the contrary or opposite; contradicting; inconsistent; logically opposite.
contradictoriness
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a word derived from
contradictory.
Example Sentences
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"It's a tougher and more uneven world, and there's a certain level of contradictoriness that we just to have live with."
From The Guardian ● Jul. 20, 2013
Les parents terribles wears its contradictoriness with a flounce: all its adults behave like children; as in Hedda Gabler, anyone who prides herself on being unconventional, isn't.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 5, 2010
But the protagonists – Patty especially – are constantly making new discoveries about themselves: redemptive insights, lessons in the contradictoriness of the human heart.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 17, 2010
But the contradictoriness of Russian behavior also goes deeper than tactics: it reflects two contrary strains in Soviet society.
From Time Magazine Archive
As soon as ever real balkiness is noted, it becomes necessary to avoid the least appearance of contradictoriness, since that increases difficulties.
From Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students by Hans Gustav Adolf Gross
