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Religion is a complex and often contradictory force in our world. It fosters hope and comfort but also doubt and guilt. It creates both community and exclusion. It brings societies together around shared belief and tears them apart through war. However, what unites the faithful, whatever their religion, is the unshakeable force of generosity.
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Meaning of "contradictory" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CONTRADICTORY

contradictory  [ˌkɒntrəˈdɪktərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONTRADICTORY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Contradictory can act as a noun and an adjective.
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.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CONTRADICTORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Contradiction

In classical logic, a contradiction consists of a logical incompatibility between two or more propositions. It occurs when the propositions, taken together, yield two conclusions which form the logical, usually opposite inversions of each other. Illustrating a general tendency in applied logic, Aristotle's law of noncontradiction states that "One cannot say of something that it is and that it is not in the same respect and at the same time." By extension, outside of classical logic, one can speak of contradictions between actions when one presumes that their motives contradict each other.

Definition of contradictory in the English dictionary

The first definition of contradictory in the dictionary is inconsistent; incompatible. Other definition of contradictory is given to argument and contention. Contradictory is also a statement that cannot be true when a given statement is true or false when it is false.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONTRADICTORY


benedictory
ˌbɛnɪˈdɪktərɪ
charactery
ˈkærɪktərɪ
conflictory
kənˈflɪktərɪ
directory
dɪˈrɛktərɪ
emictory
ɪˈmɪktərɪ
factory
ˈfæktərɪ
interdictory
ˌɪntəˈdɪktərɪ
introductory
ˌɪntrəˈdʌktərɪ
maledictory
ˌmælɪˈdɪktərɪ
manufactory
ˌmænjʊˈfæktərɪ
olfactory
ɒlˈfæktərɪ
rectory
ˈrɛktərɪ
refractory
rɪˈfræktərɪ
satisfactory
ˌsætɪsˈfæktərɪ
sectary
ˈsɛktərɪ
self-contradictory
ˌselfkɒntrəˈdɪktərɪ
trajectory
trəˈdʒɛktərɪ
unsatisfactory
ˌʌnsætɪsˈfæktərɪ
valedictory
ˌvælɪˈdɪktərɪ
victory
ˈvɪktərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONTRADICTORY

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONTRADICTORY

bomb factory
canning factory
dairy factory
data directory
engineering factory
ex-directory
fish factory
glass factory
glove factory
history
moral victory
munitions factory
ordnance factory
Pyrrhic victory
refectory
silk factory
street directory
sugar factory
telephone directory
the Directory
web directory

Synonyms and antonyms of contradictory in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CONTRADICTORY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «contradictory» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of contradictory

Translation of «contradictory» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONTRADICTORY

Find out the translation of contradictory to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of contradictory from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «contradictory» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

相互矛盾的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contradictorio
570 millions of speakers

English

contradictory
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विरोधाभासी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

متناقضة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

противоречивы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

contraditório
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরস্পরবিরোধী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

contradictoire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bertentangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

widersprüchlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

矛盾した
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

모순된
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Contradictory
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mâu thuẫn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முரண்பாடான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विरोधाभास
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çelişkili
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

contraddittorio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sprzeczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

суперечливі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

contradictoriu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντιφατικές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

teenstrydige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

motsägelse
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

motstrid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of contradictory

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTRADICTORY»

The term «contradictory» is quite widely used and occupies the 27.431 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTRADICTORY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «contradictory» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «contradictory» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about contradictory

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10 QUOTES WITH «CONTRADICTORY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word contradictory.
1
David Antin
Disney made a fortune out of inventing the businessman's idea of the imaginary as the contradictory of the businessman's idea of the real.
2
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
Religion is a complex and often contradictory force in our world. It fosters hope and comfort but also doubt and guilt. It creates both community and exclusion. It brings societies together around shared belief and tears them apart through war. However, what unites the faithful, whatever their religion, is the unshakeable force of generosity.
3
Brian Baird
Governing isn't as easy as you think. Many of you have taken pledges that are contradictory - to balance the budget and cut taxes, for example. You must be honest about the numbers, since our annual deficit now exceeds all discretionary spending combined.
4
Charles Baudelaire
As a small child, I felt in my heart two contradictory feelings, the horror of life and the ecstasy of life.
5
Kenneth Branagh
It's quite hard for people to just accept that they're very contradictory.
6
Carl von Clausewitz
Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain.
7
Pat Conroy
I have found human nature a bit contradictory in my living of it. Human life is incredibly strange.
8
Justin Cronin
One of the things I constantly think about as a writer is the way in which people are full of contradictions - there's all this contradictory information inside a human personality.
9
Jamie Lee Curtis
I'm a human being who lives a flawed, contradictory life. And I have all sorts of problems and all sorts of successes.
10
Jeffrey Deitch
I believe that an art exhibition can be engaging, fun and deeply intellectually satisfying and serious. These are not contradictory concepts in art.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTRADICTORY»

Discover the use of contradictory in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to contradictory and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Contradictory Subjects: Quevedo, Cervantes, and Seventeenth ...
Presents an examination of the socio-cultural context of the literary production of the Golden Age of Spain, from 1550-1680, contrasting the ideological meaning of such writers as Cervantes and Quevedo.
George Mariscal, 1991
2
Contradictory Lives: Baul Women in India and Bangladesh
In this multi-sited ethnographic study, Knight explores the everyday lives of women of the Baul tradition of musical mystics in India and Bangladesh.
Lisa I. Knight, 2011
3
Seduced by Twilight: The Allure and Contradictory Messages ...
Through a careful analysis of the texts, the fandom and the current socio-historical climate, this work argues that the success of the Twilight series stems chiefly from Meyer's negotiation of cultural mores.
Natalie Wilson, 2011
4
The Contradictory College: The Conflicting Origins, Impacts, ...
This book systematically analyzes the evidence on four key issues that have divided commentators on the community college: The community college's impact on students, business, and the universities; the factors behind its rise since 1900; ...
Kevin James Dougherty, 1994
5
Innocence, Knowledge and the Construction of Childhood: The ...
This book highlights how the strict regulation of children’s knowledge, often in the name of protection or in the child’s best interest, can ironically, increase children’s prejudice around difference, increase their vulnerability to ...
Kerry H. Robinson, 2013
6
Capitalism and Freedom: The Contradictory Character of ...
This remarkable, expansive text, explores the impact and ramifications this domineering economic phenomenon has had over our personal and social liberties.
Peter Nolan, 2008
7
Contradictory Art
My work represents the fusion of opposing elements.
Kelly Mamroth Roper, 2006
8
Contradictory Impulses: Canada and Japan in the Twentieth ...
Contradictory Impulses is a comprehensive study of thesocial, political, and economic interactions between Canada and Japanfrom the late nineteenth century until today.
Greg Donaghy, Patricia E. Roy, 2009
9
Critical Thinking, fourth edition: An Introduction to the ...
3.4 Analytic, Contradictory, and Synthetic Statements Usually, when we know what a statement means we still do not know whether it is true or false. If I say, / was born on October 22, you understand the meaning of what I have said, but you do ...
William Hughes, Jonathan Lavery, 2004
10
Contradictory Violence: Revolution and Subversion in the ...
This study combines approaches of the humanities and social sciences to explore contemporary Caribbean narratives of the historical trauma of slavery and the revolutionary or subversive strategies of anti-colonial struggle.
Nicole Waller, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONTRADICTORY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term contradictory is used in the context of the following news items.
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Contradictory arguments against limiting NG to new homes
Of all the proposed reforms to negative gearing, the one with the best chance of being supported by a major political party — hence the best ... «MacroBusiness, Jul 15»
2
Students: raising hell since the middle ages
Mediaeval students were often stereotyped in rather contradictory ways, both mocked as “emasculated men of God” and feared as ... «Times Higher Education, Jul 15»
3
No wonder Jeremy Corbyn's rivals for the Labour leadership are …
Our politics are forged by a complex, often contradictory range of factors: the values of our parents, our experiences and ambitions, and our ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
Revealed: North-south divide on alcohol consumption advice to …
stronger warnings on alcohol to alert women to the dangers of drinking while pregnant and talked of ''inconsistent and contradictory advice'' ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
5
Murky, contradictory poll results, weird timing, unlikely to divert …
It's always possible that the poll got both seemingly contradictory aspects right -- Albertans have told pollsters they support NDP policies for ... «rabble.ca, Jul 15»
6
Trudeau's environmental policy is contradictory
It is contradictory. One argument against pipelines is that once up and running they would discourage alternative energies, such as electric ... «durhamregion.com, Jul 15»
7
Two cheers for the Declaration of Independence: The weird …
That was a cool thing in many ways, as well as a fraught and deeply contradictory phenomenon, but it messed us up. We weren't ready for the ... «Salon, Jul 15»
8
New water rules confusing, contradictory, critics say
Opponents of the new rules say this is contradictory; EPA officials insist it isn't. But it is a sign of the confusion and complexity that has ... «Arizona Daily Star, Jul 15»
9
The contradictory effects of South Korean military education
Mandatory military service is seen as a rite of passage for young Korean males. With few exceptions, nearly half of the South Korean population ... «NK News, Jul 15»
10
European practice on migrants is contradictory, Vatican official says
A sub-Saharan migrant gestures after the arrival of a Spanish rescue boat, at Tarifa, Spain. Catholic bishops and aid agencies have ... «The Leaven.com, Jun 15»

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