Hui Shi had many ingenious notions. His writings would fill five carriages; but his doctrines were erroneous and contradictory, and his words were wide of their mark.
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Contradictory
/ˌkɒntɹəˈdɪkt(ə)ɹi/
Synonyms for "contradictory" (212 found)
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Adjective(6 words)
abjuratoryabnegativeabsonantadversaryadversativeadverseadversivealienambiguousambivalentantagonisticantiantipatheticantipodalantipodeantipodeanantipoleantithesisantitheticantithetical
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antonymousat cross purposesat cross-purposesat loggerheadsat oddsat varianceat warbalancingbreakawayclashingcompensatingcompetitivecon
Noun(1 words)
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conflictingconfoundingconfrontingconfusedconfutativeconfutingcontracontradictingcontradistinctcontrapositivecontrariouscontrarycontrary to reasoncontrastedconversecountercounteractantcounteractingcounteractivecounterbalancing
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counterpoisedcounterpolecountervailingcounterworkingcrankycrosscrotchetydead againstdenyingdestructivedifferingdisaccordantdisaffirmingdisagreeabledisagreeingdisallowingdisavowingdisclaimingdiscordantdiscrepantdisharmoniousdisowningdisproportionatedissentientdissidentdissimilardissonantdivergentdiverseenemyeyeball to eyeballfallaciousfaultyflawedfractious
Adjective(4 words)
Noun(2 words)
conflicting goalscounter evidence
Verb(2 words)
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Adjective(17 words)
french contradictionincompatible componentinconsistentinconsistent behaviorinconsistent conductinconsistent issueinconsistent patterninconsistent resultsinconsistent routinesinconsistent specificationsmismatchedmutual inconsistencymutually exclusiveopposingparadoxicalpropositional contradictionweak explanation
gratinghostileillogicalimmiscibleinaccordantinauthenticincompatibleinconclusiveincongruousinconsequentinconsequentialinconsistentinharmoniousinimicalinvalidinverseirrationaljanglingjarringloose
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mixednegatingnegativenegatorynonconformistnoncooperativenonscientificnot followingnullifyingobstinateobverseopponentopposedopposingoppositeoppositionaloppositiveoppugnantout of accordout of whackoverthwartparadoxicalparalogicalperversepolarpuzzlingreactionaryreasonlessrecalcitrantrecantingrefractoryrefutativerefutatoryrefutingrenitentrenunciativerenunciatoryrepudiativerepugnantresistantreverserevocativerevocatoryrevolutionaryrivalself-annullingself-contradictoryself-refutingsenselesssquared offunauthenticuncongenialunconnecteduncooperativeunfavorableunfriendlyunharmoniousunphilosophicalunpropitiousunreasonableunscientificvariantwithout reasonwithout rhyme or reason
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Adjective(1 words)
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The stories that circulated about the old graveyard were contradictory, but nevertheless made your heart freeze.
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This will almost certainly have contradictory consequences and effects.
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One thing, however, is much less equivocal, which is, that out of the matters contained in those books, together with the assistance of some old stories, the church has set up a system of religion very contradictory to the character of the person whose name it bears.
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