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Variant of contradictory

contradictory Definition

con·tra·dic·tory (kän′trə dik′tə rē)

adjective

  1. involving a contradiction; inconsistent
    also contradictive con′·tra·dic′·tive
  2. inclined to contradict or deny

Etymology: ME contradictorie < LL contradictorius

noun pl. contradictories -·ries

  1. something that contradicts; an opposite
  2. Logic either of two proportions so related that only one can be true and, likewise, only one can be false

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