Contradictory

Related Terms:

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Definitions:

Noun

contradictory

Definition: two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time

Definition: Either of a pair of propositions, that cannot both be true or both be false.

Adjective

contradictory

Definition: of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false; "`perfect' and `imperfect' are contradictory terms"

confounding contradictory

Definition: that confounds or contradicts or confuses

at odds conflicting contradictory self-contradictory

Definition: in disagreement; "the figures are at odds with our findings"; "contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness"- John Morley

contradictory mutually exclusive

Definition: unable for both to exist or be true at the same time

Definition: That contradicts something, such as an argument.