Contradictory Definition

kŏntrə-dĭktə-rē
contradictories
adjective
Involving a contradiction; inconsistent.
Webster's New World
Given to contradicting.
The contradictory council members often ended up squabbling.
American Heritage
Inclined to contradict or deny.
Webster's New World

That contradicts something, such as an argument.

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That is diametrically opposed to something.

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noun
contradictories
Something that contradicts; an opposite.
Webster's New World
Either of two proportions so related that only one can be true and, likewise, only one can be false.
Webster's New World
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other

Negation.

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Other Word Forms of Contradictory

Noun

Singular:
contradictory
Plural:
contradictories

Contradictory Sentence Examples

  • It was a contradictory thought - and totally unfair to Josh.

  • Thus he was able often to recover the meaning of a passage which had long been buried under a heap of contradictory glosses, and he founded a school in which sobriety and common sense were added to the industry and ingenuity of former commentators.

  • Believers could be in no uncertainty as to which of two contradictory passages remained in force; and they might still find edification in that which had become obsolete.

  • Unfortunately the statements concerning some points are very contradictory.

  • Evidently the explanations furnished by these historians being mutually contradictory can only satisfy young children.

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