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[ kon-truh-dik-tuh-ree ] / ˌkɒn trəˈdɪk tə ri / SEE SYNONYMS FOR contradictory ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveasserting the contrary or opposite; contradicting; inconsistent; logically opposite: contradictory statements. tending or inclined to contradict. noun, plural con·tra·dic·to·ries.Logic. a proposition so related to a second that it is impossible for both to be true or both to be false. Origin of contradictory1350–1400; Middle English <Late Latin contrādictōrius, equivalent to contrādic(ere) (see contradict) + -tōrius-tory1 SYNONYMS FOR contradictory1 irreconcilable, paradoxical. SEE SYNONYMS FOR contradictory ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM contradictorycon·tra·dic·to·ri·ly, adverbcon·tra·dic·to·ri·ness, nounin·ter·con·tra·dic·to·ry, adjectivenon·con·tra·dic·to·ry, adjective, noun, plural non·con·tra·dic·to·ries. un·con·tra·dic·to·ry, adjective Words nearby contradictorycontradict, contradiction, contradiction in terms, contradictious, contradictive, contradictory, contradistinction, contradistinguish, contrafactual, contrafissura, contraflow Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for contradictoryOn this approach to belief, contradictory belief is impossible. Believing in Monsters: David Livingstone Smith on the Subhuman - Facts So Romantic|Eric Schwitzgebel|September 11, 2020|Nautilus On Conflicting Beliefs and Seeing People as MonstersAccording to Smith, the typical advocate of dehumanizing rhetoric has two contradictory beliefs. Believing in Monsters: David Livingstone Smith on the Subhuman - Facts So Romantic|Eric Schwitzgebel|September 11, 2020|Nautilus As I was reading On Inhumanity, I was wondering how much Smith’s commitment to contradictory beliefs matters. Believing in Monsters: David Livingstone Smith on the Subhuman - Facts So Romantic|Eric Schwitzgebel|September 11, 2020|Nautilus Data on how much infectious virus is present in the noses of asymptomatic people are contradictory, Kilpatrick says. How often do asymptomatic people spread the coronavirus? It’s unclear|Erin Garcia de Jesus|June 9, 2020|Science News
America presents two contradictory narratives that it struggles to reconcile. Will Texas Stay Texan?|David Fontana|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST My optimism springs from the contradictory statements of the conservative justices of the court. The Supreme Court Is Weighing Corporate Power Yet Again|Zephyr Teachout|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST The upshot of these contradictory findings is that most people have trouble believing the figures produced by either side. Scots Must Choose Heart or Head|Nico Hines|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST News sources are contradictory and no effective municipal governance exists to provide people with the information they need. Ukraine’s Pro-Putin Rebels Prepare for a Last Stand|David Patrikarakos|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST For weeks the information coming out of Kuala Lumpur was, at best, inconsistent and contradictory and, at worst, tainted. Who Gagged the Search for MH370?|Clive Irving|June 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST This is by no means a recurrence to the old antithesis of religion and civilisation, as if these were contradictory elements. Edward Caldwell Moore|Edward Moore Thus, in every case do the skeptical views and empty negations of idealism lead to a contradictory nothing. The philosophy of life, and philosophy of language, in a course of lectures|Frederick von Schlegel We are thus driven to the assumption that the conception is contradictory because incomplete; but how are we to supplement it? Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3|Various In other respects they indulge in theses the most contradictory. The Heavenly Father|Ernest Naville At this most vital point of the narrative, our authorities are contradictory, while the journal of Columbus himself is silent. Ocean's Story; or Triumphs of Thirty Centuries|Edward Rowland
British Dictionary definitions for contradictory
adjectiveinconsistent; incompatible given to argument and contentiona contradictory person logic (of a pair of statements) unable both to be true or both to be false under the same circumstancesCompare contrary (def. 5), subcontrary (def. 1) noun plural -rieslogic a statement that cannot be true when a given statement is true or false when it is false Derived forms of contradictorycontradictorily, adverbcontradictoriness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to contradictoryconflicting, antithetical, incompatible, contrary, inconsistent, paradoxical, counter, reverse, opposite, converse, antipodal, con, anti, adverse, against, counteractive, diametric, discrepant, incongruous, irreconcilable |