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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Contradictory \Con'tra*dict"o*ry\, adjective [LL. contradictorius: cf. F. contradictoire.]
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Contradictory \Con'tra*dict"o*ry\, noun; pl. {Contradictories}.
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
contradictory
adjective
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}]
noun: 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]:
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