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" (183 found)
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conflictingconfrontingconfusedconfutativeconfutingcontracontradictingcontradistinctcontrapositivecontrariouscontrarycontrary to reasoncontrastedconversecountercounteractantcounteractingcounteractivecounterbalancingcounterpoised
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counterpolecountervailingcounterworkingcrankycrosscrotchetydead againstdenyingdestructivedifferingdisaccordantdisaffirmingdisagreeabledisagreeingdisallowingdisavowingdisclaimingdiscordantdiscrepantdisharmoniousdisowningdisproportionatedissentientdissidentdissimilardissonantdivergentdiverseenemyeyeball to eyeballfallacious
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faultyflawedfractiousgratinghostileillogicalimmiscibleinaccordantinauthenticinconclusiveincongruousinconsequentinconsequentialinconsistentinharmoniousinimicalinvalidinverseirrationaljangling
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jarringloosemixedmutually exclusivenegatingnegativenegatorynonconformistnoncooperativenonscientificnot followingnullifyingobstinateobverseopponentopposedopposingoppositionaloppositiveoppugnantout of accordout of whackoverthwartparadoxicalparalogicalperversepolarpuzzlingreactionaryreasonlessrecalcitrantrecantingrefractoryrefutativerefutatoryrefutingrenitentrenunciativerenunciatoryrepudiativerepugnantresistantreverserevocativerevocatoryrevolutionaryrivalself contradictoryself-annullingself-contradictoryself-refutingsenselesssquared offunauthenticuncongenialunconnecteduncooperativeunfavorableunfriendlyunharmoniousunphilosophicalunpropitiousunreasonableunscientificvariantwithout reasonwithout rhyme or reason
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82 translations across 34 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀντίλογος adj (that contradicts something)
Arabic
3 entries- تَنَاقُضِيّ adj (that is itself a contradiction)
- نَقِيض adj (that contradicts something)
- نَقِيض noun (any of a pair of propositions, that cannot both be true or both be false)
Armenian
1 entries- հակասական adj (that is itself a contradiction)
Asturian
2 entries- contradictoriu adj (that contradicts something)
- contradictoriu adj (that is itself a contradiction)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- zidd adj (that contradicts something)
- ziddiyyətli adj (that is itself a contradiction)
Belarusian
1 entries- супярэчлі́вы adj (that is itself a contradiction)
Bulgarian
4 entries- противополо́жен adj (that is diametrically opposed to something)
- противоре́чащ adj (that contradicts something)
- противоре́чащ adj (tending to contradict, contrarious)
- противоречив adj (that is itself a contradiction)
Catalan
2 entries- contradictori adj (that contradicts something)
- contradictori adj (that is itself a contradiction)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 自相矛盾 adj (that is itself a contradiction)
Czech
4 entries- neslučitelný adj (mutually exclusive)
- odporující adj (tending to contradict, contrarious)
- protichůdný adj (that contradicts something)
- protikladný adj (that contradicts something)
Danish
1 entries- modstridende adj (that contradicts something)
Dutch
4 entries- contradictoir adj (that contradicts something)
- contradictoir adj (that is itself a contradiction)
- contradictorisch adj (that is itself a contradiction)
- dwars adj (tending to contradict, contrarious)
Finnish
3 entries- ristiriitainen adj (that contradicts something)
- ristiriitainen adj (that is itself a contradiction)
- vastakkainen adj (that contradicts something)
French
2 entries- contradictoire adj (that contradicts something)
- contradictoire adj (that is itself a contradiction)
Galician
2 entries- contraditorio adj (that contradicts something)
- contraditorio adj (that is itself a contradiction)
German
1 entries- widersprüchlich adj (that contradicts something)
Greek
2 entries- αντιφατικός adj (that contradicts something)
- αντιφατικός adj (that is itself a contradiction)
Hungarian
1 entries- ellentmondásos adj (that contradicts something)
Irish
1 entries- bréagnaitheach adj (that contradicts something)
Italian
3 entries- contraddittorio adj (that contradicts something)
- contrario adj (that is itself a contradiction)
- incoerente adj (that is itself a contradiction)
Kazakh
1 entries- қарама-қайшы adj (that contradicts something)
Latin
1 entries- contrādictōrius adj (that contradicts something)
Macedonian
4 entries- проти́вречен adj (that contradicts something)
- проти́вречен adj (that is itself a contradiction)
- проти́вречен adj (tending to contradict, contrarious)
- спро́тивен adj (that is diametrically opposed to something)
Māori
1 entries- rongorua adj (that contradicts something)
Norwegian
1 entries- motsigende adj (that contradicts something)
Occitan
1 entries- contradictòri adj (that contradicts something)
Ossetian
1 entries- ныхмӕлӕууӕг adj (that is itself a contradiction)
Polish
1 entries- sprzeczny adj (that contradicts something)
Portuguese
3 entries- contraditório adj (that contradicts something)
- contraditório adj (that is itself a contradiction)
- contrário adj (that is diametrically opposed to something)
Romanian
4 entries- contradictoriu adj (that contradicts something)
- contradictoriu adj (that is itself a contradiction)
- contrar adj (that contradicts something)
- contradicție noun (any of a pair of propositions, that cannot both be true or both be false)
Russian
4 entries- несовмести́мый adj (mutually exclusive)
- противополо́жный adj (that is diametrically opposed to something)
- противоре́чащий adj (that contradicts something)
- противоре́чащий adj (tending to contradict, contrarious)
Spanish
1 entries- contradictorio adj (that contradicts something)
Swedish
2 entries- motsatt adj (that contradicts something)
- motstridig adj (that contradicts something)
Ukrainian
4 entries- протиле́жний adj (that is diametrically opposed to something)
- супере́чливий adj (that is itself a contradiction)
- супере́чливий adj (that is itself a contradiction)
- супере́чний adj (that contradicts something)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
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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