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(satellite adjective) unable to be both true at the same time |
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Synonyms: mutually exclusive |
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(satellite adjective) of words so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false; "`perfect' and `imperfect' are contradictory terms" |
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(noun) two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time |
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Related Words: logical relation |
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(satellite adjective) that confounds or contradicts or confuses |
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Synonyms: confounding |
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(satellite adjective) in disagreement; "the figures are at odds with our findings"; "contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness"- John Morley |
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Synonyms: at odds, conflicting, self-contradictory |
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