contradictory
adjective /ˌkɒntrəˈdɪktəri/
/ˌkɑːntrəˈdɪktəri/
- containing or showing a lack of agreement between statements, facts, opinions or actions synonym conflicting
- We are faced with two apparently contradictory statements.
- The advice I received was often contradictory.
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc1- The argument is internally contradictory.
- The evidence demonstrates how easily people can hold mutually contradictory beliefs.
- The evidence is completely contradictory.
- two apparently contradictory opinions
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- seem
- …
- completely
- quite
- rather
- …
- to
Word Originlate Middle English (as a term in logic): from late Latin contradictorius, from Latin contradict- ‘spoken against’, from the verb contradicere, originally contra dicere ‘speak against’.