Synonyms for contradictory
ˌkɒn trəˈdɪk tə ricon·tra·dic·to·ry

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1. contradictoryadjective

   Synonyms:
   opposite, incompatible

2. contradictoryadjective

   Any of a pair of propositions, that cannot both be true or both be false.

   Synonyms:
   incompatible, opposite

3. contradictoryadjective

   That is itself a contradiction.

   Synonyms:
   opposite, incompatible

4. contradictoryadjective

   That is diametrically opposed to something.

   Synonyms:
   incompatible, opposite

5. contradictoryadjective

   Mutually exclusive.

   Synonyms:
   incompatible, opposite

6. contradictoryadjective

   Tending to contradict or oppose, contrarious

   Synonyms:
   opposite, incompatible

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1. contradictoryadjective

   Foreign refers to difference of birth, alien to difference of allegiance. In their figurative use, that is foreign which is remote, unlike, or unconnected; that is alien which is conflicting, hostile, or opposed. Impertinent and irrelevant matters can not claim consideration in a certain connection; inappropriate matters could not properly be considered. Compare ALIEN, n.; CONTRAST, v.

   Synonyms:
   alien, alien, conflicting, contrary, contrasted, distant, foreign, hostile, impertinent, inappropriate, irrelevant, opposed, remote, strange, unconnected, unlike

   Antonyms:
   akin, appropriate, apropos, essential, germane, pertinent, proper, relevant

   Preposition:
   Such a purpose was alien to (or from) my thought: to preferable.

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1. contradictoryadjective

   two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time

   Antonyms:
   consistent, synonymous, supportive, compatible

2. contradictoryadjective

   of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false

   "`perfect' and `imperfect' are contradictory terms"

   Synonyms:
   mutually exclusive, conflicting, at odds(p), confounding, self-contradictory

   Antonyms:
   synonymous, compatible, consistent, supportive

3. confounding, contradictoryadjective

   that confounds or contradicts or confuses

   Synonyms:
   mutually exclusive, conflicting, at odds(p), confounding, self-contradictory

   Antonyms:
   supportive, compatible, synonymous, consistent

4. at odds(p), conflicting, contradictory, self-contradictoryadjective

   in disagreement

   "the figures are at odds with our findings"; "contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness"- John Morley

   Antonyms:
   compatible, synonymous, consistent, supportive

5. contradictory, mutually exclusiveadjective

   unable to be both true at the same time

   Synonyms:
   mutually exclusive, conflicting, at odds(p), confounding, self-contradictory

   Antonyms:
   compatible, consistent, supportive, synonymous

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1. contradictoryadjective

   Synonyms:
   opposite, contrary, inconsistent, repugnant

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1. contradictoryadjective

   Synonyms:
   inconsistent, irreconcilable, paradoxical, opposing, contradicting

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1. List of paraphrases for "contradictory":

   conflicting, adversarial, self-contradictory, inconsistent, controversial, contradictoire, paradoxical, contradiction, mixed, opposing, ambivalent, competing, contrary, incompatible, contradicting

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1. George Orwell:

   Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.

2. Jeanne Marrazzo:

   One is that there is general fatigue. People are really tired of this, and then the second thing is... the completely contradictory messages that we're getting -- not just the misinformation, but also the confusion about how things are spread.

3. Philippe Vignes:

   There are contradictory rumors, we need to be very careful.

4. Ralph Hise:

   So during this process, legislators did not use any racial data when drawing districts, and we're now being sued for not considering race, the only constant here is Democratic litigants selecting arguments, no matter how contradictory, to try to convince a court to order maps that favor Democratic candidates.

5. Henry Greenberg:

   In their statements to investigators, Henry Oknyansky and Michael Caputo had contradictory recollections about the meeting.