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contradictory

[kon-truh-dik-tuh-ree] / ˌkɒn trəˈdɪk tə ri /


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Gomez's attorney Matthew Rosengart says their allegations are "vague, generalised and contradictory" and that Gomez never agreed to, and did not, manage the company, or make the kind of commitments they are suggesting.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

It’s hard to tell from his contradictory actions.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

These contradictory impressions persist in the new production of “Waiting in the Wings,” running in repertory at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum through Oct.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

"Markets are once again being forced to trade two seemingly contradictory stories on the same screen," said Stephen Innes of SPI Asset Management.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

I'm still thinking about the tying of love and truth—and it makes me want to tell her the truth—the whole, contradictory truth—because otherwise, on some level, am I not that girl?

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan

All high truth is the union of two contradictories.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald

For contradictories are positive and negative in essence and, when least ambiguously stated, also in form.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Carveth Read

Of two contradictories one or other must be true: we must either affirm or deny any one thing of any other: no mean or middle is possible.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by William Minto

Now the assertion that of such contradictories 'the negative is only an abstraction of the other'—'is nothing else than its negation'—is not true.

From Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jesse H. Jones

The principle of the contradictoriness of identity and the identity of contradictories is the essence of the hegelian system.

From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James




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