a. | 1. | Affirming the contrary; implying a denial of what has been asserted; also, mutually contradicting; inconsistent. |
2. | Opposing or opposed; repugnant. | |
n. | 1. | A proposition or thing which denies or opposes another; contrariety. |
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 | |
4. | contradictory - unable to be both true at the same time Synonyms: mutually exclusive |