āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
contradictory
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Contradictory
01
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§ā§
a statement that directly opposes another statement, making both unable to be true at the same time
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The study presented several contradictories that challenged the prevailing theory.
āĻāĻŦā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§āĻŋāĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻ¯āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¤āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻā§ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
contradictory
01
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§ā§, āĻ āĻ¸āĻā§āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ
(of statements, beliefs, facts, etc.) incompatible or opposed to one another, even if not strictly illogical
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Her emotions seemed contradictory â laughing one minute and crying the next.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŦā§āĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻšāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛âāĻāĻ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻĻāĻžāĨ¤
1.1
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§ā§, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¤
expressing or involving statements or ideas that cannot be true or false at the same time
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The two statements were contradictory, as one claimed the event happened, and the other denied it.
āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĻā§, āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ
āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
