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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
contradictory \con`tradict"ory\, 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.
1913 webster
2. opposing or opposed; repugnant.
1913 webster
schemes . . . contradictory to common sense.
--addisn.
1913 webster
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
contradictory \con`tradict"ory\, n.; pl. contradictories.
1. a proposition or thing which denies or opposes another;
contrariety.
1913 webster
it is common with princes to will contradictories.
--bacon.
1913 webster
2. pl. logic propositions with the same terms, but opposed
to each other both in quality and quantity.
1913 webster
see also:
contradictories
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
contradictory
adj 1: of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true
and both cannot be false; "`perfect' and `imperfect'
are contradictory terms"
2: that confounds or contradicts or confuses syn: confounding
3: in disagreement; "the figures are at odds with our
findings"; "contradictory attributes of unjust justice and
loving vindictiveness"- john morley syn: at oddsp, conflicting,
self-contradictory
4: unable to be both true at the same time syn: mutually
exclusive
n : two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true
or both cannot be false at the same time
see also:
confounding at oddsp conflicting self-contradictory mutually exclusive
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
164 moby thesaurus words for "contradictory":
abjuratory, abnegative, absonant, adversary, adversative, adverse,
adversive, alien, ambiguous, ambivalent, antagonistic, anti,
antipathetic, antipodal, antipode, antipodean, antipole,
antithesis, antithetic, antithetical, antonymous,
at cross-purposes, at loggerheads, at odds, at variance, at war,
balancing, breakaway, clashing, compensating, competitive, con,
conflicting, confounding, confronting, confutative, confuting,
contra, contradicting, contradistinct, contrapositive, contrarious,
contrary, contrary to reason, contrasted, converse, counter,
counteractant, counteracting, counteractive, counterbalancing,
counterpoised, counterpole, countervailing, counterworking, cranky,
cross, crotchety, dead against, denying, differing, disaccordant,
disaffirming, disagreeable, disagreeing, disallowing, disavowing,
disclaiming, discordant, discrepant, disharmonious, disowning,
disproportionate, dissentient, dissident, dissonant, divergent,
enemy, eyeball to eyeball, fallacious, faulty, flawed, fractious,
grating, hostile, illogical, immiscible, inaccordant, inauthentic,
incompatible, inconclusive, incongruous, inconsequent,
inconsequential, inconsistent, inharmonious, inimical, invalid,
inverse, irrational, jangling, jarring, loose, negating, negative,
negatory, nonconformist, noncooperative, nonscientific,
not following, nullifying, obstinate, obverse, opponent, opposed,
opposing, opposite, oppositional, oppositive, oppugnant,
out of accord, out of whack, overthwart, paradoxical, paralogical,
perverse, polar, reactionary, reasonless, recalcitrant, recanting,
refractory, refutative, refutatory, refuting, renitent,
renunciative, renunciatory, repudiative, repugnant, resistant,
reverse, revocative, revocatory, revolutionary, rival,
self-annulling, self-contradictory, self-refuting, senseless,
squared off, unauthentic, uncongenial, unconnected, uncooperative,
unfavorable, unfriendly, unharmonious, unphilosophical,
unpropitious, unreasonable, unscientific, variant,
without reason
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