contradictory

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contradictory Definition

• (n) two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time
• (s) of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false; "`perfect'' and `imperfect'' are contradictory terms"
• (s) that confounds or contradicts or confuses
• (s) in disagreement; "the figures are at odds with our findings"; "contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness"- John Morley
• (s) unable to be both true at the same time

contradictory Synonyms

• at odds(p)
• conflicting
• confounding
• contradictory
• mutually exclusive
• self-contradictory