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con•tra•dic•to•ry



Pronunciation: (kon"tru-dik'tu-rē), [key]
—adj., n., pl. -ries.

—adj.
1. asserting the contrary or opposite; contradicting; inconsistent; logically opposite: contradictory statements.
2. tending or inclined to contradict.

—n.
Logic.a proposition so related to a second that it is impossible for both to be true or both to be false.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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