contradictory

Words with a similar base: contradictory, self-contradictory

'contradictory'

[contradictory.n.01] as in: two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time

'contradictory'

[contradictory.s.01] as in: of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false

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Examples:
`perfect' and `imperfect' are contradictory terms

'contradictory'

[confounding.s.01] as in: that confounds or contradicts or confuses

'contradictory'

[at_odds.s.01] as in: in disagreement; ; - John Morley

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Examples:
the figures are at odds with our findings
contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness

'contradictory'

[contradictory.s.04] as in: unable to be both true at the same time