contradictory
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1. contradictory - Noun
2. contradictory - Adjective
3. contradictory - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Affirming the contrary; implying a denial of what has been asserted; also, mutually contradicting; inconsistent.
Opposing or opposed; repugnant.
A proposition or thing which denies or opposes another; contrariety.
propositions with the same terms, but opposed to each other both in quality and quantity.
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Opposites are not contradictory but complementary.
As a small child, I felt in my heart two contradictory feelings, the horror of life and the ecstasy of life.
Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.
One might as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as to try to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.
The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.
Nothing that rest on some contradictory basis shall succeed or last in the long run ("ne saurait réussir ou durer, à la longue", Fr.); all that involve (or imply...) a contradiction is fatally destined, early or late, to disintegrate and disappear.