Found 2 items, similar to contradictory.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: contradictory contradictory 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] 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
English → English (gcide) Definition: Contradictory 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Opposing or opposed; repugnant. [1913 Webster] Schemes . . . contradictory to common sense. --Addisn. [1913 Webster] Contradictory \Con`tra*dict"o*ry\, n.; pl. Contradictories. 1. A proposition or thing which denies or opposes another; contrariety. [1913 Webster] It is common with princes to will contradictories. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. (Logic) propositions with the same terms, but opposed to each other both in quality and quantity. [1913 Webster]