Contradictory

a.	1.	Affirming the contrary; implying a denial of what has been asserted; also, mutually contradicting; inconsistent.
	2.	Opposing or opposed; repugnant. Schemes . . . contradictory to common sense. - Addisn.
n.	1.	A proposition or thing which denies or opposes another; contrariety. It is common with princes to will contradictories. - Bacon.
	2.	(Logic) propositions with the same terms, but opposed to each other both in quality and quantity.

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

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