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   contradictory

   /ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkt(ə)ri/

   adjective

   • 1. mutually opposed or inconsistent: "the two studies came to contradictory conclusions"
   • ▪ containing elements which are inconsistent: "politically he exhibited contradictory behaviour"
   • ▪ (of two propositions) so related that one and only one must be true.

   noun

   • 1. a contradictory proposition.

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a term in logic): from late Latin contradictorius, from Latin contradict- ‘spoken against’, from the verb contradicere (see contradict).

   Derivatives

   • 1. contradictorily adverb
   • 2. contradictoriness noun

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