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Adjective: contradictory `kóntru'dikturee- Of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false
"'perfect' and 'imperfect' are contradictory terms" - That confounds or contradicts or confuses
- confounding - In disagreement
"contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness"
- at odds, conflicting, self-contradictory - Unable to be both true at the same time
- mutually exclusive
Noun: contradictory `kóntru'dikturee- Two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time
Derived forms: contradictories See also: antonymous, contradict, contradictorily, contradictoriness, incompatible, inconsistent, unsupportive Type of: logical relation Encyclopedia: Contradictory |