Dictionary entry

Contradictory (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Con′tra‐dict″o‐ry, n.; pl.Contradictories (�). 1. A proposition or thing which denies or opposes another; contrariety.

It is common with princes to will contradictories.

Bacon.

2. pl.(Logic) propositions with the same terms, but opposed to each other both in quality and quantity.