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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024con•tra•dic•to•ry /ˌkɑntrəˈdɪktəri/USA pronunciation adj. - involving contradiction;
opposing or inconsistent:contradictory opinions.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•tra•dic•to•ry (kon′trə dik′tə rē),USA pronunciation adj., n., pl. -ries. adj. - asserting the contrary or opposite;
contradicting;
inconsistent;
logically opposite:contradictory statements. - tending or inclined to contradict.
n. - Philosophy[Logic.]a proposition so related to a second that it is impossible for both to be true or both to be false.
- Late Latin contrādictōrius, equivalent. to contrādic(ere) (see contradict) + -tōrius -tory1
- Middle English 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged irreconcilable, paradoxical.
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