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contradictory

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) contradictory (noun)
  2. 2) contradictory (adjective)
  3. self-contradictory (adjective)

1con·tra·dic·to·ry

noun \ˌkän-trə-ˈdik-t(ə-)rē\
plural con·tra·dic·to·ries

Definition of CONTRADICTORY

: a proposition so related to another that if either of the two is true the other is false and if either is false the other must be true

First Known Use of CONTRADICTORY

14th century

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