contradictory

contradictory /,kɔntrə'diktəri/
  • tính từ
    • mâu thuẫn, trái ngược
      • contradictory statements: những lời tuyên bố mâu thuẫn
    • hay cãi lại, hay lý sự cùn
    • danh từ
      • lời nói trái lại
      • lời cãi lại

     mâu thuẫn
  • contradictory propositions: những mệnh đề mâu thuẫn

  • Xem thêm: confounding, at odds(p), conflicting, self-contradictory, mutually exclusive



    contradictory

    Từ điển Collocation

    contradictory adj.

    VERBS appear, be, seem, sound

    ADV. completely, directly, totally The evidence is completely contradictory. | quite, rather, somewhat | apparently, seemingly two apparently contradictory opinions | internally The argument is internally contradictory (= contradicts itself). | mutually The evidence demonstrates how easily people can hold mutually contradictory beliefs.

    PREP. to He did something contradictory to his orders.


    Từ điển WordNet

      n.

    • two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time

      adj.

    • of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false

      `perfect' and `imperfect' are contradictory terms

    • that confounds or contradicts or confuses; confounding
    • in disagreement; "the figures are at odds with our findings"; "contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness"- John Morley; at odds(p), conflicting, self-contradictory
    • unable to be both true at the same time; mutually exclusive

    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


    syn.: at odds(p) conflicting confounding mutually exclusive self-contradictory