contradictoryadj.n.

/kɒntrəˈdɪktəri/

Etymology: < Latin contrādictōrius, < contrādictōr-em contradictor n.: see -ory suffix². Compare French contradictoire (14th cent., Oresme).

A. adj.

a. Logic and gen. Having the quality or character of contradicting; denying that a thing stated is completely true. contradictory opposition (in Logic): the opposition between two contradictory propositions, i.e. such as differ from each other both in quantity and quality (e.g. all A is B: some A is not B); both of which cannot, and one of which must, be true. contradictory terms: those of the type ‘A and not-A’: see quot. 1887 at sense A. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > denial or contradiction > [adjective] > having quality or character of

again-sayingc1475

contradictious1604

contradictory1605

contradictorious1608

contradictional1641

contradictive1641

contradictorial1644

abnutive1682

Collyweston1875

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > opposite or contradictory proposition(s)

contradictionc1400

contradictoryc1400

repugnantc1475

contradictory propositions1605

contrary1656

opposite1656

subcontrary1657

contrary propositions1739

principle (or law) of contradiction1850

contrapositive1870

contradictory terms1887

contrary terms1887

antilogism1902

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > opposite or contradictory proposition(s) > the opposition in

contrariety1553

subcontrariety1613

contradiction1794

contrary opposition1849

sublationa1856

contradictory opposition1887

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. C1^v It is almost without instance contradictorie, that euer any gouernement was disastrous, that was in the hands of learned Gouernors.

1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 297 The assumption in this argument is Contradictory to the latter part of the proposition..In the like sort, the Conclusion is contradictory to the first part of the proposition.

1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 394 To make an Objection good, it must not only be a Truth, but a Contradictory Truth.

1844 R. Whately Elem. Logic (ed. 8) ii. ii. §3 72 ‘Contradictory-opposition’ is the kind most frequently alluded to, because..to deny,—or to disbelieve,—a proposition, is to assert, or to believe, its Contradictory.

1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate I. ix. 208 Two answers which were altogether distinct and contradictory one of the other.

1887 T. Fowler Elem. Deduct. Logic 79 It is a rule of practical Logic that a contradictory should always in disputations be used in preference to a contrary opposition.

b. Logic and gen. Mutually opposed or inconsistent; that contradict or are at variance with each other.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [adjective] > inconsistent or contradictory

repugnantc1443

contradictory1533

disproportioneda1616

unconsistent1638

inconstant1642

inconsistent1646

inconsistent1656

incongruous1658

inconsisting1658

inconsistible1660

crimp1712

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > lack of reasoning, illogicality > [adjective] > showing contradiction

contradictory1533

contradictive1641

1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. iv. vi. f. ccii^v Be these two proposicions so sore repugnaunt and so playne contradyctory?

1599 T. Blundeville Art of Logike iii. iii. 64 Contradictorie Propositions..can neither be true nor false both at once; for if one be true, the other must needes be false.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. x. 43 Deluding us into contradictory and inconsistent falsities.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 65. ⁋1 If we sit down satisfy'd with such contradictory Accounts.

1860 B. F. Westcott Introd. Study Gospels (ed. 5) v. 284 Histories..not contradictory but complementary.

1876 W. S. Jevons Elem. Lessons Logic (1880) 76 A and O are contradictory propositions, whereas A and E are called contrary propositions.

1887 T. Fowler Elem. Deduct. Logic 83 ‘Contradictory Terms’, such as white and not-white..are terms which admit of no medium, i.e. terms which are not both predicable of the same thing, while one or other of them must be predicable of it.

c. Inconsistent in itself; containing elements opposed to each other.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [adjective] > inconsistent or contradictory > in itself

inconsistent1651

self-inconsistent1668

contradictory1868

oxymoronic1954

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > lack of reasoning, illogicality > [adjective] > showing contradiction > in itself

contradictious1638

contrarious1643

contradictory1868

1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. viii. 213 The character which he left behind him was a singularly contradictory one.

1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 3 Contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness.

2. Of opposite character, tendency, or effect; diametrically opposed, contrary.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adjective] > opposite or opposed

turneda1325

reversedc1390

contrary1413

opposeda1500

oppositea1513

inverted1563

counter1596

diametrical1613

contraposed1620

oppositive1622

averse1623

diagonial1624

contrarying1628

diametrala1631

conversive1636

Antipodian1640

converted1640

exadverse1647

Antarctic1651

Antipodean1651

antipodal1664

in reverse1694

contradictory1736

converse1794

antithesistic1801

contravening1802

diametric1802

reverse1828

polar1832

antipodist1844

antithetic1864

other-sided1879

antipodic1881

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. iii. 55 There is nothing in the human Mind, contradictory, as the Logicians speak, to Virtue.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View Nature II A remarkable phænomenon..contradictory to what is generally observed of the fossils of the two kingdoms.

3. Given to contradiction: contradictious.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [adjective] > engaging in controversy, disputatious

unpeaceablec1384

disputative1579

disputablea1616

disputeful1631

controversial1638

controversal1641

obstreperous1641

contradictive1643

disputing1645

controverting1646

chop-logicala1652

disputatious1660

argumentative1667

argumentive1668

disputant1671

contradictiousa1677

disceptatious1682

obstropolous1727

disceptatorial1821

contradictory1891

backtalking1938

the mind > language > statement > objection > [adjective] > pettily or unfairly > given to

contradictive1643

contradictiousa1677

contradictory1891

1891 K. S. Macquoid in Illustr. London News 12 Sept. 348/1 Von Scheffel had gone downstairs in a ruffled, contradictory mood.

4. as adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > denial or contradiction > [adverb]

contradictorily1605

contradictoriously1647

contradictory1746

denyingly1824

1746 E. Haywood Female Spectator (1748) IV. 286 Many gentlemen..behave so manifestly contradictory to both.

B. n.

1. A contradictory proposition, assertion, or principle; spec. in Logic: see A. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > opposite or contradictory proposition(s)

contradictionc1400

contradictoryc1400

repugnantc1475

contradictory propositions1605

contrary1656

opposite1656

subcontrary1657

contrary propositions1739

principle (or law) of contradiction1850

contrapositive1870

contradictory terms1887

contrary terms1887

antilogism1902

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > contrary evidence > [noun] > instance of

contradictoryc1400

instance1573

contra-indicant1796

c1400 Test. Love (1560) ii. 292/2 The contradictory that is necessarie needes must I leve.

1551 T. Cranmer Answer S. Gardiner 9 You shall neuer be good logitian, that woulde sette togither two contradictories. for that the Schoolmen say, God can not doo.

1619 R. Jones in Phenix (1708) II. 481 I lay down three plain Contradictorys to the words of the Text, as they lie in order. First, The Disciples came not hither by Night. Secondly, He was not stole away. Thirdly, The Soldiers were not asleep.

1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 97 Contradictories, are negatiue Contraries, the one whereof denieth every where, or generally.

1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic 163 Contradictories cannot both be true, and cannot both be false.

1890 H. W. Watkins Bampton Lect. 6 Now contraries may both be wrong, and of contradictories one cannot be right.

2. The opposite, the contrary.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun] > the contrary

the contraryc1250

contrairc1386

contradictory1840

counter1871

the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun] > the opposite of something

contraryc1386

reversec1405

the contraverse1480

nothing less?1520

contrariety1532

negative1532

oppositive1561

different1571

diameter1579

contrariwise1588

opposition1594

counterpoint1599

oppositea1616

other thing1628

antipodes1641

inverse1645

contra1648

contrast1754

converse1786

contrariant1848

antipole1856

obverse1862

antithetic1863

contradictory1874

antipathy-

1840 T. Arnold in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) II. App. 418 A place the very contradictory..of the hill Difficulty, and of the house Beautiful, and of the Land of Beulah.

1874 E. B. Pusey Lenten Serm. 285 Since sloth is a deadly sin, it is a great thing that its contradictory, activity, is nature to us.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	contradictory
释义	contradictoryadj.n. /kɒntrəˈdɪktəri/ Etymology: < Latin contrādictōrius, < contrādictōr-em contradictor n.: see -ory suffix². Compare French contradictoire (14th cent., Oresme). A. adj. 1. a. Logic and gen. Having the quality or character of contradicting; denying that a thing stated is completely true. contradictory opposition (in Logic): the opposition between two contradictory propositions, i.e. such as differ from each other both in quantity and quality (e.g. all A is B: some A is not B); both of which cannot, and one of which must, be true. contradictory terms: those of the type ‘A and not-A’: see quot. 1887 at sense A. 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > denial or contradiction > [adjective] > having quality or character of again-sayingc1475 contradictious1604 contradictory1605 contradictorious1608 contradictional1641 contradictive1641 contradictorial1644 abnutive1682 Collyweston1875 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > opposite or contradictory proposition(s) contradictionc1400 contradictoryc1400 repugnantc1475 contradictory propositions1605 contrary1656 opposite1656 subcontrary1657 contrary propositions1739 principle (or law) of contradiction1850 contrapositive1870 contradictory terms1887 contrary terms1887 antilogism1902 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > opposite or contradictory proposition(s) > the opposition in contrariety1553 subcontrariety1613 contradiction1794 contrary opposition1849 sublationa1856 contradictory opposition1887 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. C1^v It is almost without instance contradictorie, that euer any gouernement was disastrous, that was in the hands of learned Gouernors. View more context for this quotation 1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 297 The assumption in this argument is Contradictory to the latter part of the proposition..In the like sort, the Conclusion is contradictory to the first part of the proposition. 1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 394 To make an Objection good, it must not only be a Truth, but a Contradictory Truth. 1844 R. Whately Elem. Logic (ed. 8) ii. ii. §3 72 ‘Contradictory-opposition’ is the kind most frequently alluded to, because..to deny,—or to disbelieve,—a proposition, is to assert, or to believe, its Contradictory. 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate I. ix. 208 Two answers which were altogether distinct and contradictory one of the other. 1887 T. Fowler Elem. Deduct. Logic 79 It is a rule of practical Logic that a contradictory should always in disputations be used in preference to a contrary opposition. b. Logic and gen. Mutually opposed or inconsistent; that contradict or are at variance with each other. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [adjective] > inconsistent or contradictory repugnantc1443 contradictory1533 disproportioneda1616 unconsistent1638 inconstant1642 inconsistent1646 inconsistent1656 incongruous1658 inconsisting1658 inconsistible1660 crimp1712 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > lack of reasoning, illogicality > [adjective] > showing contradiction contradictory1533 contradictive1641 1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. iv. vi. f. ccii^v Be these two proposicions so sore repugnaunt and so playne contradyctory? 1599 T. Blundeville Art of Logike iii. iii. 64 Contradictorie Propositions..can neither be true nor false both at once; for if one be true, the other must needes be false. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. x. 43 Deluding us into contradictory and inconsistent falsities. View more context for this quotation 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 65. ⁋1 If we sit down satisfy'd with such contradictory Accounts. 1860 B. F. Westcott Introd. Study Gospels (ed. 5) v. 284 Histories..not contradictory but complementary. 1876 W. S. Jevons Elem. Lessons Logic (1880) 76 A and O are contradictory propositions, whereas A and E are called contrary propositions. 1887 T. Fowler Elem. Deduct. Logic 83 ‘Contradictory Terms’, such as white and not-white..are terms which admit of no medium, i.e. terms which are not both predicable of the same thing, while one or other of them must be predicable of it. c. Inconsistent in itself; containing elements opposed to each other. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [adjective] > inconsistent or contradictory > in itself inconsistent1651 self-inconsistent1668 contradictory1868 oxymoronic1954 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > lack of reasoning, illogicality > [adjective] > showing contradiction > in itself contradictious1638 contrarious1643 contradictory1868 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. viii. 213 The character which he left behind him was a singularly contradictory one. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 3 Contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness. 2. Of opposite character, tendency, or effect; diametrically opposed, contrary. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adjective] > opposite or opposed turneda1325 reversedc1390 contrary1413 opposeda1500 oppositea1513 inverted1563 counter1596 diametrical1613 contraposed1620 oppositive1622 averse1623 diagonial1624 contrarying1628 diametrala1631 conversive1636 Antipodian1640 converted1640 exadverse1647 Antarctic1651 Antipodean1651 antipodal1664 in reverse1694 contradictory1736 converse1794 antithesistic1801 contravening1802 diametric1802 reverse1828 polar1832 antipodist1844 antithetic1864 other-sided1879 antipodic1881 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. iii. 55 There is nothing in the human Mind, contradictory, as the Logicians speak, to Virtue. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View Nature II A remarkable phænomenon..contradictory to what is generally observed of the fossils of the two kingdoms. 3. Given to contradiction: contradictious. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [adjective] > engaging in controversy, disputatious unpeaceablec1384 disputative1579 disputablea1616 disputeful1631 controversial1638 controversal1641 obstreperous1641 contradictive1643 disputing1645 controverting1646 chop-logicala1652 disputatious1660 argumentative1667 argumentive1668 disputant1671 contradictiousa1677 disceptatious1682 obstropolous1727 disceptatorial1821 contradictory1891 backtalking1938 the mind > language > statement > objection > [adjective] > pettily or unfairly > given to contradictive1643 contradictiousa1677 contradictory1891 1891 K. S. Macquoid in Illustr. London News 12 Sept. 348/1 Von Scheffel had gone downstairs in a ruffled, contradictory mood. 4. as adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > denial or contradiction > [adverb] contradictorily1605 contradictoriously1647 contradictory1746 denyingly1824 1746 E. Haywood Female Spectator (1748) IV. 286 Many gentlemen..behave so manifestly contradictory to both. B. n. 1. A contradictory proposition, assertion, or principle; spec. in Logic: see A. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > opposite or contradictory proposition(s) contradictionc1400 contradictoryc1400 repugnantc1475 contradictory propositions1605 contrary1656 opposite1656 subcontrary1657 contrary propositions1739 principle (or law) of contradiction1850 contrapositive1870 contradictory terms1887 contrary terms1887 antilogism1902 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > contrary evidence > [noun] > instance of contradictoryc1400 instance1573 contra-indicant1796 c1400 Test. Love (1560) ii. 292/2 The contradictory that is necessarie needes must I leve. 1551 T. Cranmer Answer S. Gardiner 9 You shall neuer be good logitian, that woulde sette togither two contradictories. for that the Schoolmen say, God can not doo. 1619 R. Jones in Phenix (1708) II. 481 I lay down three plain Contradictorys to the words of the Text, as they lie in order. First, The Disciples came not hither by Night. Secondly, He was not stole away. Thirdly, The Soldiers were not asleep. 1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 97 Contradictories, are negatiue Contraries, the one whereof denieth every where, or generally. 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic 163 Contradictories cannot both be true, and cannot both be false. 1890 H. W. Watkins Bampton Lect. 6 Now contraries may both be wrong, and of contradictories one cannot be right. 2. The opposite, the contrary. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun] > the contrary the contraryc1250 contrairc1386 contradictory1840 counter1871 the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun] > the opposite of something contraryc1386 reversec1405 the contraverse1480 nothing less?1520 contrariety1532 negative1532 oppositive1561 different1571 diameter1579 contrariwise1588 opposition1594 counterpoint1599 oppositea1616 other thing1628 antipodes1641 inverse1645 contra1648 contrast1754 converse1786 contrariant1848 antipole1856 obverse1862 antithetic1863 contradictory1874 antipathy- 1840 T. Arnold in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) II. App. 418 A place the very contradictory..of the hill Difficulty, and of the house Beautiful, and of the Land of Beulah. 1874 E. B. Pusey Lenten Serm. 285 Since sloth is a deadly sin, it is a great thing that its contradictory, activity, is nature to us. 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