Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adjective
- asserting the contrary or opposite; contradicting; inconsistent; logically opposite: contradictory statements.
- tending or inclined to contradict.
noun, plural con·tra·dic·to·ries.
- Logic. a proposition so related to a second that it is impossible for both to be true or both to be false.
adjective
- inconsistent; incompatible
- given to argument and contentiona contradictory person
- logic (of a pair of statements) unable both to be true or both to be false under the same circumstancesCompare contrary (def. 5), subcontrary (def. 1)
noun plural -ries
- logic a statement that cannot be true when a given statement is true or false when it is false
adj.1530s, “mutually opposed, at variance,” from Late Latin contradictorius “containing a contradiction or objection,” from contradictus, past participle of contradicere (see contradiction). Meaning “fond of contradicting” is from 1891. Used earlier as a noun (late 14c.).