Contradictory Definition & Meaning
contradictory
- adjective
- of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false; "`perfect' and `imperfect' are contradictory terms"
- that confounds or contradicts or confuses
- in disagreement; "the figures are at odds with our findings"; "contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness"- John Morley
- unable to be both true at the same time
- noun
- two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time
"Contradictory" in song lyrics
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"I'm sorry if sometimes I'm contradictory"
Jeru the Damaja — Kick Rocks -
"Well not lucky, but your life has simplicity, mine doesn't and I'm so contradictory"
Sha Stimuli — Sometimes -
"'Vaayai Moodi Pesavum' - sometimes brilliant, sometimes contradictory"
IBN Live — IBN Live
Words that rhyme with contradictory
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- What does contradictory mean?
- of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false; "`perfect' and `imperfect' are contradictory terms" that confounds or contradicts or confuses in disagreement; "the figures are at odds with our findings"; "contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness"- John Morley unable to be both true at the same time two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time
- What part of speech is contradictory?
- Contradictory is an adjective and a noun.
- How many definitions does contradictory have?
- Contradictory has 5 definitions across 2 parts of speech (adjective, noun).