Understanding the meaning of contradictory

contradictory

/,kɑntrə'dɪktəri/

adjective
unable for both to exist or be true at the same time
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mutually exclusive incompatible
adjective
in disagreement
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"contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness"

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at odds conflicting self-contradictory inconsistent
adjective
that confounds or contradicts or confuses
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confounding unsupportive
adjective
of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false
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"`perfect' and `imperfect' are contradictory terms"

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antonymous
noun
two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time
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type of:
logical relation

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