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contradictory

adjectivenoun /kɑntrədɪktəri/ 5 syllables 13 letters Scrabble 21 WWF 23
Definitions
adjective

unable for both to exist or be true at the same time

adjective

in disagreement

“contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness”

adjective

that confounds or contradicts or confuses

adjective

of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false

“`perfect' and `imperfect' are contradictory terms”

noun

two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time

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