Contradictory
adjective
Saying the opposite of each other.
His statements are contradictory, one moment he says he is leaving, the next he says he is staying.
Often appears as...
- contradictory statements
- contradictory information
noun
A person, thing, or statement that is opposite to another.
His explanation was a complete contradictory to the evidence.
Often appears as...
- complete contradictory
- clear contradictory
adjective
Saying the opposite of each other.
His statements are contradictory, one moment he says he is leaving, the next he says he is staying.
Often appears as...
- contradictory statements
- contradictory information
noun
A person, thing, or statement that is opposite to another.
His explanation was a complete contradictory to the evidence.
Often appears as...
- complete contradictory
- clear contradictory
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Conflict Indication
Indicates a disagreement or inconsistency between statements or ideas.
Their accounts of the event were contradictory; they couldn't both be true.
Pro Tip 2/3Debate Context
Often used during arguments or debates to show opposing viewpoints.
During the debate, each candidate made contradictory promises to the audience.
Pro Tip 3/3Clarification Cue
Signals the need for clarification or further explanation when encountered.
Their contradictory responses to the question prompted a request for clarification.
Pro Tip 1/3Conflict Indication
Indicates a disagreement or inconsistency between statements or ideas.
Their accounts of the event were contradictory; they couldn't both be true.
Pro Tip 2/3Debate Context
Often used during arguments or debates to show opposing viewpoints.
During the debate, each candidate made contradictory promises to the audience.
Pro Tip 3/3Clarification Cue
Signals the need for clarification or further explanation when encountered.
Their contradictory responses to the question prompted a request for clarification.
Pro Tip 1/3Conflict Indication
Indicates a disagreement or inconsistency between statements or ideas.
Their accounts of the event were contradictory; they couldn't both be true.
Pro Tip 2/3Debate Context
Often used during arguments or debates to show opposing viewpoints.
During the debate, each candidate made contradictory promises to the audience.
Pro Tip 3/3Clarification Cue
Signals the need for clarification or further explanation when encountered.
Their contradictory responses to the question prompted a request for clarification.
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A teen just trying to...
there are some types of women who are not represented that way and one group that we'll focus on today are teens because I think teenagers are especially contradictory and still figuring it out and in the 90s there was freaks and geeks and my so-called life and their
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Storytellers Summit Day...
someone last night and my doings gonna block it out but they said and it's but we're always in contradiction we're in contradictions as to what we think so then you have this and it's going to like you know it's contradictory over here so yes I think
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Why is cotton in...
These seemingly contradictory features— strength and flexibility, softness and durability— have their roots in the intricate biology of the nearly invisible cotton fiber. These fibers begin life deep within a cotton flower, on the surface of a seed.
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Peter van Uhm: Why I...
I stand here today to tell you about the use of the gun as an instrument of peace and stability. The gun may be one of the most important instruments of peace and stability that we have in this world. Now this may sound contradictory to you.
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What is a gift economy?...
if you are involved in a gift economy. This phrase might seem contradictory. After all, isn't a gift given for free? But in a gift economy, gifts given without explicit conditions are used to foster a system of social ties and obligations.
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The energy Africa needs...
And we deserve the same chance at a job, at an education, at dignity and opportunity. We also understand very well that the entire world needs to get to a zero-carbon future. This might sound contradictory, but consider these three points.
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The new political story...
Well, I believe the answer is that we have not yet produced a new story with which to replace it. Stories are the means by which we navigate the world. They allow us to interpret its complex and contradictory signals.
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Art That Lets You Talk...
Emotions ran deep. Many wept. Several revisited the exhibition. It was a powerful experience. Europe is now facing a stream of migrants. The situation for the asylum seekers is made worse by contradictory policies
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This tool will help...
and then challenges those biases. It doesn't always provide definitive answers, but the method helps clarify the questions and eliminate contradictory or circular logic.
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The Latin America that...
contradictory translation of a voluntary imposition he invited the citizens of burrata to pay an extra ten percent from its legal tax obligations to support a
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A teen just trying to...
there are some types of women who are not represented that way and one group that we'll focus on today are teens because I think teenagers are especially contradictory and still figuring it out and in the 90s there was freaks and geeks and my so-called life and their
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Storytellers Summit Day...
someone last night and my doings gonna block it out but they said and it's but we're always in contradiction we're in contradictions as to what we think so then you have this and it's going to like you know it's contradictory over here so yes I think
Video examples
Why is cotton in...
These seemingly contradictory features— strength and flexibility, softness and durability— have their roots in the intricate biology of the nearly invisible cotton fiber. These fibers begin life deep within a cotton flower, on the surface of a seed.
Video examples
Peter van Uhm: Why I...
I stand here today to tell you about the use of the gun as an instrument of peace and stability. The gun may be one of the most important instruments of peace and stability that we have in this world. Now this may sound contradictory to you.
Video examples
What is a gift economy?...
if you are involved in a gift economy. This phrase might seem contradictory. After all, isn't a gift given for free? But in a gift economy, gifts given without explicit conditions are used to foster a system of social ties and obligations.
Video examples
The energy Africa needs...
And we deserve the same chance at a job, at an education, at dignity and opportunity. We also understand very well that the entire world needs to get to a zero-carbon future. This might sound contradictory, but consider these three points.
Video examples
The new political story...
Well, I believe the answer is that we have not yet produced a new story with which to replace it. Stories are the means by which we navigate the world. They allow us to interpret its complex and contradictory signals.
Video examples
Art That Lets You Talk...
Emotions ran deep. Many wept. Several revisited the exhibition. It was a powerful experience. Europe is now facing a stream of migrants. The situation for the asylum seekers is made worse by contradictory policies
Video examples
This tool will help...
and then challenges those biases. It doesn't always provide definitive answers, but the method helps clarify the questions and eliminate contradictory or circular logic.
Video examples
The Latin America that...
contradictory translation of a voluntary imposition he invited the citizens of burrata to pay an extra ten percent from its legal tax obligations to support a
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Eugene Ionesco
French Dramatist
Perhaps I abandoned criticism because I am full of contradictions, and when you write an essay, you are not supposed to contradict yourself. But in the theater, by inventing various characters, you can. My characters are contradictory not only in their language but in their behavior as well.
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Hugo Weaving
Nigerian Actor
As human beings, of course, we're all compromised and complex and contradictory and if a screenplay can express those contradictions within a character and if there's room for me to express them, that's a part I'd love to play, so much more than a character who is heroic and one-dimensional.
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Andrew Carnegie
Scottish Businessman
The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.
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Justin Cronin
American Author
One of the things I constantly think about as a writer is the way in which people are full of contradictions - there's all this contradictory information inside a human personality.
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Jeffrey Deitch
American Businessman
I believe that an art exhibition can be engaging, fun and deeply intellectually satisfying and serious. These are not contradictory concepts in art.
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Jamie Lee Curtis
American Actress
I'm a human being who lives a flawed, contradictory life. And I have all sorts of problems and all sorts of successes.
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Charles Baudelaire
French Poet
As a small child, I felt in my heart two contradictory feelings, the horror of life and the ecstasy of life.
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Robert De Niro
Actor
There's nothing more ironic or contradictory than life itself.
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Patty Jenkins
American Director
I can't stand characters with contradictory information.
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David Bergen
Canadian Novelist
I like characters who are contradictory.
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Eugene Ionesco
French Dramatist
Perhaps I abandoned criticism because I am full of contradictions, and when you write an essay, you are not supposed to contradict yourself. But in the theater, by inventing various characters, you can. My characters are contradictory not only in their language but in their behavior as well.
Quote examples
Hugo Weaving
Nigerian Actor
As human beings, of course, we're all compromised and complex and contradictory and if a screenplay can express those contradictions within a character and if there's room for me to express them, that's a part I'd love to play, so much more than a character who is heroic and one-dimensional.
Quote examples
Andrew Carnegie
Scottish Businessman
The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.
Quote examples
Justin Cronin
American Author
One of the things I constantly think about as a writer is the way in which people are full of contradictions - there's all this contradictory information inside a human personality.
Quote examples
Jeffrey Deitch
American Businessman
I believe that an art exhibition can be engaging, fun and deeply intellectually satisfying and serious. These are not contradictory concepts in art.
Quote examples
Jamie Lee Curtis
American Actress
I'm a human being who lives a flawed, contradictory life. And I have all sorts of problems and all sorts of successes.
Quote examples
Charles Baudelaire
French Poet
As a small child, I felt in my heart two contradictory feelings, the horror of life and the ecstasy of life.
Quote examples
Robert De Niro
Actor
There's nothing more ironic or contradictory than life itself.
Quote examples
Patty Jenkins
American Director
I can't stand characters with contradictory information.
Quote examples
David Bergen
Canadian Novelist
I like characters who are contradictory.
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