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con·tra·dic·to·ry
 contradictory
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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
involving, containing, or being a contradiction; inconsistent; contrary.
The stories of the two witnesses were contradictory, and the police suspected one of them was lying.The patient was confused by the contradictory opinions of the doctors she consulted.- synonyms:
- contrary, incongruous, inconsistent, opposite
- antonyms:
- agreeing
- similar words:
- anomalous, exclusive
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| definition 2: |
tending to contradict.
Why do you have to be so contradictory? Can't you ever just agree?- synonyms:
- argumentative, contentious, contrary
- antonyms:
- affirming, confirmatory
- similar words:
- dissentient, dissenting, dissident, negative, perverse
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| related words: |
controversial, illogical, incongruous, opposite |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
contradictories |
| definition: |
in logic, either of two propositions that are related in a way that makes neither true and neither false.
- similar words:
- paradox
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| derivations: |
contradictorily (adv.), contradictoriness (n.) |
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