contradictory
/ˌkɑntrəˈdɪktəri/
adjective
- Containing or expressing a direct opposite; inconsistent or conflicting with something else.
- The witness gave contradictory statements about what she saw that night.
- The two news reports offered contradictory accounts of the same event.
- His actions were contradictory to his promises, which confused his friends.
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noun
- A statement or proposition that contradicts another.
- In logic class, we learned that a contradictory cannot be true at the same time as its opposite.
- The philosopher pointed out the contradictory in the argument.
- She found a direct contradictory in the text that disproved the theory.