contradictory
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
contradictory/kɒntrəˈdɪktəri/
▶adjective mutually opposed or inconsistent.
■ containing inconsistent elements.
■ Logic (of two propositions) so related that one and only one must be true.
Compare with contrary.– derivatives
contradictorily adverb,
contradictoriness noun.
contradictorily adverb,
contradictoriness noun.
'contradictory' also found in these Oxford entries:
athwart
- contrary
- double-edged
- exclude
- obvert
- oxymoron
- paradox
- pole
- reductio ad absurdum
- schizoid
- schizophrenic
- self-contradiction
- unambivalent
