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Contradictoriness

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con·tra·dic·to·ry  (kntr-dkt-r)
adj.
1. Involving, of the nature of, or being a contradiction. See Synonyms at opposite.
2. Given to contradicting.
n. pl. con·tra·dic·to·ries Logic
Either of two propositions related in such a way that it is impossible for both to be true or both to be false.
contra·dicto·ri·ly adv.
contra·dicto·ri·ness n.
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Noun1.contradictoriness - the relation that exists when opposites cannot coexist
oppositeness, opposition - the relation between opposed entities
incompatibility, inconsistency, mutual exclusiveness, repugnance - the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
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But he was not without contradictoriness and rebellion even towards his own resolve.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
Strickland was just the man to rise superior to circumstances, when they were such as to occasion despondency in most; but whether this was due to equanimity of soul or to contradictoriness it would be difficult to say.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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