Hypertext Webster Gateway: "contradictory"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Contradictory \Con`tra*dict"o*ry\, a. [LL. contradictorius: cf.
F. contradictoire.]
1. Affirming the contrary; implying a denial of what has been
asserted; also, mutually contradicting; inconsistent.
``Contradictory assertions.'' --South.
2. Opposing or opposed; repugnant.
Schemes . . . contradictory to common sense.
--Addisn.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Contradictory \Con`tra*dict"o*ry\, n.; pl. {Contradictories}.
1. A proposition or thing which denies or opposes another;
contrariety.
It is common with princes to will contradictories.
--Bacon.
2. pl. (Logic) propositions with the same terms, but opposed
to each other both in quality and quantity.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
contradictory
adj 1: of words 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}]
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},
{self-contradictory}]
4: unable to be both true at the same time [syn: {mutually
exclusive}]
n : two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true
(or both cannot be false) at the same time
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