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单词 contradictory
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
con•tra•dic•to•ry /ˌkɑntrəˈdɪktəri/USA pronunciation  adj. 
    1. involving contradiction;
      opposing or inconsistent:contradictory opinions.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
con•tra•dic•to•ry  (kon′trə dik′tə rē),USA pronunciation adj., n., pl. -ries. 
adj. 
  1. asserting the contrary or opposite;
    contradicting;
    inconsistent;
    logically opposite:contradictory statements.
  2. tending or inclined to contradict.

n. 
  1. 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
con′tra•dic′to•ri•ly, adv. 
con′tra•dic′to•ri•ness, n. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged irreconcilable, paradoxical.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
contradictory /ˌkɒntrəˈdɪktərɪ/ adj
  1. inconsistent; incompatible
  2. given to argument and contention: a contradictory person
  3. (of a pair of statements) unable both to be true or both to be false under the same circumstances

ˌcontraˈdictorily adv ˌcontraˈdictoriness n
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