CONTRADICTORY


Meaning of CONTRADICTORY in English

adj.

Pronunciation: ˌ kän-tr ə - ' dik-t( ə -)r ē

Function: noun

Inflected Form: plural -ries

Date: 14th century

: a proposition so related to another that if either of the two is true the other is false and if either is false the other must be true

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