different between contradictory vs contradictor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin contradictorius, from Latin contradico.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?nt???d?kt(?)?i/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /?k?nt???d?kt??i/
• Hyphenation: con?tra?dic?to?ry

Adjective

contradictory (comparative more contradictory, superlative most contradictory)

1. That contradicts something, such as an argument.
2. That is itself a contradiction.
3. That is diametrically opposed to something.
4. Mutually exclusive.
5. Tending to contradict or oppose, contrarious.

Synonyms

• opposite
• (mutually exclusive) incompatible

Derived terms

• contradictorily
• contradictoriness
• self-contradictory

Related terms

• contradict
• contradiction
• contradictorious

Translations

Noun

contradictory (plural contradictories)

1. (logic) Either of a pair of propositions, that cannot both be true or both be false.

Hyponyms

• negation

Translations

See also

• oxymoron
• paradox

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contr?dictor.

Noun

contradictor (plural contradictors)

1. Alternative form of contradicter
   • 1980, Stephen King, The Mist

     “That was in Casco,” his wife contradicted immediately. She spoke in the unmistakable tones of a veteran contradictor.

Latin

Etymology

From contr?d?c? (“I speak against; contradict”), from contr? (“against”) + d?c? (“I say, speak”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kon.tra??dik.tor/, [k?n?t??ä??d??kt??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.tra?dik.tor/, [k?n?t????d?ikt??r]

Noun

contr?dictor m (genitive contr?dict?ris); third declension

1. Someone who replies or objects; opponent.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

Descendants

• Catalan: contradictor
• French: contradicteur
• Italian: contradditore
• Portuguese: contraditor
• Spanish: contradictor

References

• contradictor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• contradictor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• contradictor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contr?dictor.

Adjective

contradictor (feminine contradictora, masculine plural contradictores, feminine plural contradictoras)

1. contradictory

Noun

contradictor m (plural contradictores, feminine contradictora, feminine plural contradictoras)

1. contradicter

Related terms

• contradecir
• contradicción