contradictory

Meanings

Plural: contradictories

Noun

• two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time
• Either of a pair of propositions, that cannot both be true or both be false.

Adjective Satellite

• 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; ; - John Morley
  • "contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness"
• unable to be both true at the same time

Adj

• That contradicts something, such as an argument.
• That is itself a contradiction.
• That is diametrically opposed to something.
• Mutually exclusive.
• Tending to contradict or oppose, contrarious.

Synonyms

at odds, conflicting, confounding, incompatible, mutually exclusive, opposite, self-contradictory

Related Words

contradict, contradiction, contradictorious, oxymoron, paradox