Contradictory - Definition

adj 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, contradictory]
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, contradictory, self-contradictory]
4: unable to be both true at the same time [syn:
contradictory, mutually exclusive]
n 1: two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true
(or both cannot be false) at the same time