containing or showing a lack of agreement between statements, facts, opinions or actions synonym conflicting相互矛盾的;对立的;不一致的 We are faced with two apparently contradictory statements. 我们面前这两种说法显然是矛盾的。 The advice I received was often contradictory. 我所得到的建议常常是相互矛盾的。
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc1The argument is internally contradictory. 论据本身自相矛盾。 The evidence demonstrates how easily people can hold mutually contradictory beliefs. 证据表明,人很容易持有相互矛盾的信念。 The evidence is completely contradictory. 证据完全不一致。 two apparently contradictory opinions 两个貌似对立的观点
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Word Originlate Middle English (as a term in logic): from late Latin contradictorius, from Latin contradict- ‘spoken against’, from the verb contradicere, originally contra dicere ‘speak against’.