单词 | contradictiousness |
释义 | contradictiousnessn.ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > lack of reasoning, illogicality > [noun] > incongruity, inconsistency inconveniencec1460 contradiction1613 inconveniency1662 contradictiousness1664 contradictedness1670 inconsequentness1727 contradictoriness1733 inconsequence1817 contradictiveness1829 inconsequentism1829 inconsequentiality1832 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 339 This reading..generally obtains, notwithstanding its seeming harshness and contradictiousness. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 653 To give an Account of that Supposed Contradictiousness, in the Idea and Attributes of God. 2. Disposition to contradict or oppose. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > speaking against or contradiction > [noun] > disposition to contradictoriness1821 contradictiousness1867 1867 Spectator 20 July 798 There was a captiousness and contradictiousness about Lord Cranborne's old parliamentary style. 1884 G. Allen Philistia II. 228 Such is the natural contradictiousness and vexatious disposition of the British parent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1664 |
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