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contradictory

noun

Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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verb
adjective
adverb
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instance, member or derived
substance, domain or see-also
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Senses

Sense 1 noun

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

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Sense 2 adjective

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

`perfect' and `imperfect' are contradictory terms

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Sense 3 adjective

that confounds or contradicts or confuses

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Sense 4 adjective

in disagreement

the figures are at odds with our findings

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Sense 5 adjective

unable to be both true at the same time

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SenseRelationGroupWord
1 hypernym Types & categories logical relation
2 derivation Related & opposite contradictoriness
2 derivation Related & opposite negate
2 derivation Related & opposite negate
2 similar to Related & opposite antonymous
3 derivation Related & opposite negate
3 similar to Related & opposite unsupportive
4 derivation Related & opposite contradictoriness
4 derivation Related & opposite negate
4 similar to Related & opposite inconsistent
5 derivation Related & opposite contradictoriness
5 derivation Related & opposite negate
5 derivation Related & opposite negate
5 similar to Related & opposite incompatible