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Meaning of "contradictories" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CONTRADICTORIES

contradictories


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONTRADICTORIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Contradictories is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CONTRADICTORIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Square of opposition

In the system of Aristotelian logic, the square of opposition is a diagram representing the different ways in which each of the four propositions of the system is logically related to each of the others. The system is also useful in the analysis of syllogistic logic, serving to identify the allowed logical conversions from one type to another.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONTRADICTORIES

contradance · contradict · contradictable · contradicter · contradiction · contradiction in terms · contradictious · contradictiously · contradictiousness · contradictive · contradictively · contradictiveness · contradictor · contradictorily · contradictoriness · contradictory · contradistinction · contradistinctive · contradistinctively · contradistinguish

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONTRADICTORIES

accessories · advisories · calories · categories · countries · directories · dormitories · factories · French Southern and Antarctic Territories · histories · inventories · laboratories · memories · Northwest Territories · repositories · stories · territories · theories · Tories · trajectories · victories

Synonyms and antonyms of contradictories in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «contradictories» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONTRADICTORIES

Find out the translation of contradictories to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of contradictories from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «contradictories» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

对立面
1,325 millions of speakers
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contradictorias
570 millions of speakers
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contradictories
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contradictories
380 millions of speakers
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المتناقضات
280 millions of speakers
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contradictories
278 millions of speakers
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contraditórios
270 millions of speakers
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contradictories
260 millions of speakers
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contradictoires
220 millions of speakers
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Bertentangan
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Gegensätze
180 millions of speakers
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contradictories
130 millions of speakers
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contradictories
85 millions of speakers
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Contradictories
85 millions of speakers
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contradictories
80 millions of speakers
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contradictories
75 millions of speakers
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विसंगती
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contradictories
70 millions of speakers
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contraddittori
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contradictories
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contradictories
40 millions of speakers
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contradictorii
30 millions of speakers
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αντιφατικά
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contradictories
14 millions of speakers
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contradictories
10 millions of speakers
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contradictories
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of contradictories

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTRADICTORIES»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of contradictories
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about contradictories

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTRADICTORIES»

Discover the use of contradictories in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to contradictories and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Two Truths
11 Jam-yang-chok-hla-6-ser defines mutually exclusive contradictories as: "those that abide discordantly through being excluded and excluder."12 The excluder ( yongs gcod) is that which is brought forward and positively distinguished in the ...
Guy Newland, 1992
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Aristotelian Logic
8B1 Inference Rules for Contradictories. a Rules Stated and Justified. Rl (Law of Contradiction) Contradictories cannot both be true nor both be false. (In other words, contradictories must have opposite truth- values.)9 R1 is equivalent to the  ...
William Thomas Parry, Edward A. Hacker, 1991
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Inroads: Paths in Ancient and Modern Western Philosophy
But whether we have in view an opposition between propositions, on the one hand, or between terms, concepts, predicates, or properties, on the other, we must distinguish two kinds of opposites: contradictories and contraries. (There are other ...
Murray Miles, 2003
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The pearson Guide to Bank Probationary Officer Recruitment ...
Contradictories: Two propositions are contradictories if one is the denial or negation of the other, that is, they cannot both be true and they cannot both be false. Therefore, A and O propositions are contradictories to each other. All judges are ...
Vandana Thorpe, 2008
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Inference to the Best Explanation
Since scientists are plainly capable of considering contradictories and the ranking premise entails that, when they do, they will be able to determine which is true, the argument from underconsideration fails. The skeptic has two natural replies ...
Peter Lipton, 2004
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Classical Logic and Its Rabbit-Holes: A First Course
It follows that the A- and the O-propositions are semantic contradictories: they can 't both be true and they can't both be false. Alternatively, if the first is true, the second is false, and if the first is false, the second is true. Such propositions are said ...
Nelson P. Lande, 2013
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Minimal Rationality
"Fair translation preserves logical laws" must now at least be correspondingly revised to 'Better translation does not attribute to the subject acceptance of the contradictories of logical truths that are obviously false for the subject'. A proper ...
Christopher Cherniak, 1990
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Aristotle's De Interpretatione: Contradiction and Dialectic
... 'everything good is good' and 'nothing good is good' (24b3-5), One contrary asserts that subject and predicate are completely combined, the other that they are entirely separate, We are next reminded how universal contradictories work: the ...
C. W. A. Whitaker, 2002
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The Sophismata of Richard Kilvington: Introduction, ...
And it also follows that immediately after this two such contradictories will be true. Consequently it follows that two mutual contradictories will be true at the same time. The first is evident in the following way: for the two contradictories - namely,  ...
Richard Kilvington, Norman Kretzmann, Barbara Ensign Kretzmann, 1990
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The Pearson CSAT Manual 2012
Contradictories: Two propositions are contradictories if one is the denial or negation of the other, that is, they cannot both be true and they cannot both be false. Therefore, A and O propositions are contradictories to each other; All judges are ...
Edgar Thorpe, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONTRADICTORIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term contradictories is used in the context of the following news items.
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When an emergency doesn't qualify as one
The definition of oxymoron is “figure of speech with pointed contradiction of seeming contradictories”. CHARLOTTE BIRD Press & PR, Keep the ... «Oxford Mail, Jun 15»
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astrologer bejan daruwalla s weekly predictions 29th june to 5th july …
But contradictories do meet, as John Donne said, “All you have to do is give a little in terms of leeway, consideration, and compromise.” Don't ... «Sahara Samay, Jun 15»
3
Finding light in the darkness of 'Shining City'
According to director Christopher Innvar, it's full of mysteries and contradictories continually unfolding in intimate dialogues. Starring in the new ... «Albany Times Union, Jun 15»
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The fascinating cultural reason why Westerners and East Asians …
"There cannot be an intermediate between contradictories," he wrote, "but of one subject we must either affirm or deny any one predicate.". «Businessinsider India, May 15»
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Contemplate the contraries
Bhowmick's pleasingly distorted figures or Das' endearing bovines set the viewer contemplating the contradictories within the canvas, while the ... «The Hindu, Jul 14»
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Peace and communal harmony in Sri Lanka – Part 1
This is the so called modern civilised world we live: a world of self –contradictories. Because, this universal brotherhood of humanity has ... «Sri Lanka Guardian, Oct 13»
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Book reviews roundup: Olivier, The Lowland and Danubia
Banal profundities add to the novel's manqué gravitas … intellectually listless contradictories share the novel's pages with … the softness of ... «The Guardian, Sep 13»
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Reviews round-up
He finds the style too irritating for the novel to merit much praise, concluding “All of the intellectually listless contradictories share the novel's ... «New Statesman, Sep 13»
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Review: 'The Lowland' by Jhumpa Lahiri
All of these intellectually listless contradictories share the novel's pages with those tiny ants and the softness of kisses and many other ... «Financial Times, Sep 13»
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Born into captivity, 6-year-old can recover, experts say
A factual proposition contradicts all of its contradictories. Or, one may point out that an idea is totally arbitrary and should not be included in ... «NBCNews.com, May 13»
REFERENCE
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