Read the dictionary definition of contradictory. All definitions for this word.
1. two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time
2. unable for both to exist or be true at the same time
3. in disagreement
1. the figures are at odds with our findings
2. contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness
4. that confounds or contradicts or confuses
5. of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false
1. `perfect' and `imperfect' are contradictory terms