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contradictory
noun
1 contradictory
Two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time.
Polish: sprzeczność
adjective
1 contradictory
2 contradictory
That confounds or contradicts or confuses.
synonym: confounding.
3 contradictory
In disagreement:
— Contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness.
synonyms: at odds, conflicting, self-contradictory.
Roget 14:
contrary,
contrarious†,
contrariant†;
opposite,
counter,
dead against;
converse,
reverse;
opposed,
antithetical,
contrasted,
antipodean,
antagonistic,
opposing;
conflicting,
inconsistent,
contradictory,
at cross purposes;
negative;
hostile
etc.
703.
differing toto coelo [Lat.];
diametrically opposite;
diametrically opposed;
as opposite as black and white,
as opposite as light and darkness,
as opposite as fire and water,
as opposite as the poles;
as different as night and day;
Hyperion to a satyr"
[Hamlet];
quite the contrary,
quite the reverse;
no such thing,
just the other way,
tout au contraire [Fr.].
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Polish: przeciwbieżny, przeciwstawny, antonimiczny, kontradyktoryjny, antynomiczny, sprzeczny, dysharmonijny, opozycyjny
4 contradictory
Moby thesaurus: abjuratory, abnegative, absonant, adversary, adversative, adverse, adversive, alien, ambiguous, ambivalent, antagonistic, anti, antipathetic, antipodal, antipode, antipodean, antipole, antithesis, antithetic, antithetical, antonymous, at cross-purposes, at loggerheads, at odds, at variance, at war, balancing, breakaway, clashing, compensating, competitive, con, conflicting, confounding, confronting, confutative, confuting, contra, contradicting, contradistinct, contrapositive, contrarious, contrary, contrary to reason, contrasted, converse, counter, counteractant, counteracting, counteractive, counterbalancing, counterpoised, counterpole, countervailing, counterworking, cranky, cross, crotchety, dead against, denying, differing, disaccordant, disaffirming, disagreeable, disagreeing, disallowing, disavowing, disclaiming, discordant, discrepant, disharmonious, disowning, disproportionate, dissentient, dissident, dissonant, divergent, enemy, eyeball to eyeball, fallacious, faulty, flawed, fractious, grating, hostile, illogical, immiscible, inaccordant, inauthentic, incompatible, inconclusive, incongruous, inconsequent, inconsequential, inconsistent, inharmonious, inimical, invalid, inverse, irrational, jangling, jarring, loose, negating, negative, negatory, nonconformist, noncooperative, nonscientific, not following, nullifying, obstinate, obverse, opponent, opposed, opposing, opposite, oppositional, oppositive, oppugnant, out of accord, out of whack, overthwart, paradoxical, paralogical, perverse, polar, reactionary, reasonless, recalcitrant, recanting, refractory, refutative, refutatory, refuting, renitent, renunciative, renunciatory, repudiative, repugnant, resistant, reverse, revocative, revocatory, revolutionary, rival, self-annulling, self-contradictory, self-refuting, senseless, squared off, unauthentic, uncongenial, unconnected, uncooperative, unfavorable, unfriendly, unharmonious, unphilosophical, unpropitious, unreasonable, unscientific, variant, without reason ... show more.
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