[syn: contradictory, mutually exclusive]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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, contradictory]
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, contradictory, self-contradictory]
4: unable to be both true at the same time [syn:
contradictory, mutually exclusive]
n 1: two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true
(or both cannot be false) at the same time