American English pronunciation
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IPA transcription: [,kɑntɹə'dɪktɚi]
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Noun
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two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time
Adjective
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in disagreement; ; - John Morley
“the figures are at odds with our findings”
“contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness”
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unable to be both true at the same time
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of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false
“`perfect' and `imperfect' are contradictory terms”
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that confounds or contradicts or confuses
Usage examples
- Tropicality encompasses at least two contradictory imageries.
- New Criticism was accused by critics of having a contradictory nature.
- The outcome of the revolution was contradictory.
- There are contradictory claims as to whether they are one language or two.
- There are two contradictory views regarding how the place got the name Murickassery.
- These exit polls produced highly contradictory preliminary reports.
- Accounts of Hart's later life are sketchy and contradictory.
- The answers to these questions may be contradictory and suggest different ethnic origins.
- The portrait that is created is incomplete and, at times, contradictory.
- More current information is contradictory about the dangers of the ingestion of Groundsel.