Meaning & use
contradictive
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Involving or expressing contradiction; contradictory.
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The witness gave contradictive accounts of the same event.
Critics found the policy's goals contradictive of its stated values.
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A rarer synonym of 'contradictory'; most writers and dictionaries prefer 'contradictory' in modern usage.
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