Contradictory

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Contradictory \Con`tra*dict"o*ry\, a. [LL. contradictorius: cf.
     F. contradictoire.]
     1. Affirming the contrary; implying a denial of what has been
        asserted; also, mutually contradicting; inconsistent.
        "Contradictory assertions." --South.
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     2. Opposing or opposed; repugnant.
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              Schemes . . . contradictory to common sense.
                                                    --Addisn.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Contradictory \Con`tra*dict"o*ry\, n.; pl. {Contradictories}.
     1. A proposition or thing which denies or opposes another;
        contrariety.
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              It is common with princes to will contradictories.
                                                    --Bacon.
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     2. pl. (Logic) propositions with the same terms, but opposed
        to each other both in quality and quantity.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  contradictory
       adj 1: of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true
              and both cannot be false; "`perfect' and `imperfect'
              are contradictory terms"
       2: that confounds or contradicts or confuses [syn: {confounding}]
       3: in disagreement; "the figures are at odds with our
          findings"; "contradictory attributes of unjust justice and
          loving vindictiveness"- John Morley [syn: {at odds(p)}, {conflicting},
           {self-contradictory}]
       4: unable to be both true at the same time [syn: {mutually
          exclusive}]
       n : two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true
           (or both cannot be false) at the same time

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  164 Moby Thesaurus words for "contradictory":
     abjuratory, abnegative, absonant, adversary, adversative, adverse,
     adversive, alien, ambiguous, ambivalent, antagonistic, anti,
     antipathetic, antipodal, antipode, antipodean, antipole,
     antithesis, antithetic, antithetical, antonymous,
     at cross-purposes, at loggerheads, at odds, at variance, at war,
     balancing, breakaway, clashing, compensating, competitive, con,
     conflicting, confounding, confronting, confutative, confuting,
     contra, contradicting, contradistinct, contrapositive, contrarious,
     contrary, contrary to reason, contrasted, converse, counter,
     counteractant, counteracting, counteractive, counterbalancing,
     counterpoised, counterpole, countervailing, counterworking, cranky,
     cross, crotchety, dead against, denying, differing, disaccordant,
     disaffirming, disagreeable, disagreeing, disallowing, disavowing,
     disclaiming, discordant, discrepant, disharmonious, disowning,
     disproportionate, dissentient, dissident, dissonant, divergent,
     enemy, eyeball to eyeball, fallacious, faulty, flawed, fractious,
     grating, hostile, illogical, immiscible, inaccordant, inauthentic,
     incompatible, inconclusive, incongruous, inconsequent,
     inconsequential, inconsistent, inharmonious, inimical, invalid,
     inverse, irrational, jangling, jarring, loose, negating, negative,
     negatory, nonconformist, noncooperative, nonscientific,
     not following, nullifying, obstinate, obverse, opponent, opposed,
     opposing, opposite, oppositional, oppositive, oppugnant,
     out of accord, out of whack, overthwart, paradoxical, paralogical,
     perverse, polar, reactionary, reasonless, recalcitrant, recanting,
     refractory, refutative, refutatory, refuting, renitent,
     renunciative, renunciatory, repudiative, repugnant, resistant,
     reverse, revocative, revocatory, revolutionary, rival,
     self-annulling, self-contradictory, self-refuting, senseless,
     squared off, unauthentic, uncongenial, unconnected, uncooperative,
     unfavorable, unfriendly, unharmonious, unphilosophical,
     unpropitious, unreasonable, unscientific, variant,
     without reason