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Contradictory


CONTRADICTORY, adjective

1. Affirming the contrary; implying a denial of what has been asserted; as contradictory assertion.

2. Inconsistent; opposite; contrary; as contradictory schemes.

CONTRADICTORY, noun A proposition which denies or opposes another in all its terms; contrariety; inconsistency.

It is common with princes to will contradictories.