<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>asserting the contrary or opposite; contradicting; inconsistent; logically opposite: contradictory statements.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>paradoxical</li><li>irreconcilable</li></ul><p><strong>Tending or inclined to contradict.</strong></p><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>plural contradictories.</li></ul><p><strong>Logic</strong></p><ul><li>a proposition so related to a second that it is impossible for both to be true or both to be false.</li></ul>