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Contradictories

Contradictory \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.

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contradictories

n. (plural of contradictory English)

Usage examples of "contradictories".

This is the reason why two beliefs which are each other's contradictories have the same objective.

It is inherent in all things, since all possible propositions, or their contradictories, can be affirmed as true.

And they are in a sense less real than their logical contradictories, because they are patently incompatible with the Changeless and Impersonal.