LekhoriLekhoriThat contradicts something, such as an argument.
That is itself a contradiction.
Our attitudes toward sharks are contradictory. We fear them and yet we seek them out.
That is diametrically opposed to something.
Schemes […] contradictory to common sense.
Either of a pair of propositions, that cannot both be true or both be false.
Borrowed from Late Latin contradictorius, from Latin contradico. Equivalent to contradict + -ory.
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