contradictory

contraddittorio

Che fornisce informazioni in contrasto con altre, così che non possano essere entrambe corrette.

In inglese semplice: Giving information that disagrees with something else, so both cannot be right.

• The witnesses gave contradictory accounts.
• We received contradictory advice from two doctors.
• These reports contain contradictory information about the accident.

Sinonimi: conflicting, inconsistent

Contrari: consistent

Espressioni comuni: contradictory evidence, contradictory statements, contradictory accounts

contraddittorio, incoerente

Che contiene idee o parti che non possono essere tutte vere o accordarsi tra loro.

In inglese semplice: Containing ideas or parts that cannot all be true or fit together.

• His explanation was internally contradictory.
• A square circle is a contradictory idea.
• The report makes a contradictory claim about its own results.

Sinonimi: self-contradictory, inconsistent

Contrari: consistent

Espressioni comuni: internally contradictory, contradictory argument, contradictory statement

opposto, contrario

Completamente opposto a qualcosa negli obiettivi, nel carattere o nelle convinzioni.

In inglese semplice: Completely opposed to something else in aim, character, or belief.

• The two groups had contradictory aims.
• Her actions were contradictory to her beliefs.
• The committee struggled to balance contradictory interests.

Come si usa: contradictory to something (His actions were contradictory to his stated principles.)

Sinonimi: opposed, opposing, contrary

Contrari: compatible

Espressioni comuni: contradictory aims, contradictory interests, contradictory to something

mutuamente esclusivo, incompatibile

Che non può essere vero o possibile contemporaneamente a qualcos’altro.

In inglese semplice: Unable to be true or possible at the same time.

• The two conditions are contradictory.
• Mutually contradictory statements cannot both be true.
• The rules impose contradictory requirements on applicants.

Sinonimi: mutually exclusive, incompatible

Contrari: compatible

Espressioni comuni: contradictory propositions, mutually contradictory, contradictory conditions

proposizione contraddittoria, negazione

Affermazione necessariamente falsa se un’altra è vera, e vera se l’altra è falsa.

In inglese semplice: A statement that must be false if another is true, and true if the other is false.

• Every proposition has a contradictory.
• If the statement is true, its contradictory is false.
• The students identified the contradictories of three propositions.

Come si usa: the contradictory of something (The contradictory of this proposition is its negation.)

Sinonimi: negation

Espressioni comuni: the contradictory, contradictory of something, a logical contradictory