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单词 contradictiousness
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contradictiousnessn.

Etymology: formed as contradictious adj. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: contraˈdictiousness.
1. The state or quality of being contradictory; self-contradictoriness, inconsistency. Obsolete.
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).
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