Thesaurus: contradictory

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1. a. Affirming the contrary; implying a denial of what has been asserted; also, mutually contradicting; inconsistent.
2. a. Opposing or opposed; repugnant.
3. n. A proposition or thing which denies or opposes another; contrariety.
4. n. propositions with the same terms, but opposed to each other both in quality and quantity.
5. adj. of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false
6. adj. that confounds or contradicts or confuses
7. adj. in disagreement
8. adj. unable for both to exist or be true at the same time
9. n. two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time
10. 1. Affirming the contrary; implying a denial of what has been asserted; also, mutually contradicting; inconsistent. "Contradictory assertions." South. 2. Opposing or opposed; repugnant. Schemes . . . contradictory to common sense. Addisn. 1. A proposition or thing which denies or opposes another; contrariety. It is common with princes to will contradictories. Bacon. 2. pl. (Logic) propositions with the same terms, but opposed to each other both in quality and quantity.
11. propositions with the same terms, but opposed to each otherboth in quality and quantity.
12. j:100 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 s. unable to be both true at the same time