contradictory
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• adjective
Mutually opposed, inconsistent, or asserting the opposite of another statement, idea, or fact.
"The two witnesses gave completely contradictory accounts of how the accident occurred."
Inclined to disagree with, argue against, or oppose what others say.
"He was in a stubborn, contradictory mood and challenged every suggestion made during the meeting."
• noun
A proposition that is so related to another that both cannot be true and both cannot be false at the same time (in formal logic).
"In Aristotelian logic, a universal affirmative statement and a particular negative statement are contradictories."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 14th century from Late Latin contradictorius, derived from Latin contradicere ('to speak against'), combining contra ('against') and dicere ('to speak').