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Definition of Contradictories

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.

Meaning of Contradictories from wikipedia

- a 'contradiction' (in medieval Latin, contradictio). Examples of contradictories are 'every man is white' and 'not every man is white' (also read as...
- presents the alternatives as contradictories, while in truth they are merely contraries. Two propositions are contradictories if it has to be the case that...
- logic. It is a proposition that is unconditionally false (i.e., a self-contradictory proposition). This can be generalized to a collection of propositions...
- Self-contradiction or self-contradictory can refer to: Auto-antonym, a word with multiple meanings of which one is the reverse of another Oxymoron, a...
- traditionally, terms between which this relationship exists have been called contradictories. In the following example, statement b explicitly negates statement...
- proposition in a way ("Some men are not mortal") are called contradictories. Of contradictories, one must be true, the other false. Contraries cannot both...
- the subject and the predicate of the inverted by their respective contradictories, and change the quantity from universal to particular. That is: "All...
- four contradictory ways by four witnesses. It has been used as a storytelling and writing method in cinema in which an event is given contradictory interpretations...
- Thought"), the principle of contradiction is not sufficient to define contradictories; the principle of excluded middle must be added which equally deserves...
- European Middle Ages. Likewise superficially, and frequently in ironic or contradictory ways, the series references various traditions, including Christianity...