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
There can be no question of the importance of showing that two contraries or contradictories may in certain cases be both true.
Sophist | PlatoIt was in view of such perplexities as these that Aristotle set forth the true contradictories of his four Modals.
Logic, Inductive and Deductive | William MintoContradictories are never both true, or both false, but always one is true, the other false.
This is the reason why two beliefs which are each other's contradictories have the same objective.
The Analysis of Mind | Bertrand RussellHere we come again to the idea of miracle, which unites contradictories.
The Essence of Christianity | Ludwig Feuerbach
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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