Hyphenation of contradictory

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word contradictory? This word can be hyphenated and contains 5 syllables as shown below.

con-tra-dic-to-ry

Definitions of contradictory:

1.	Two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time
2.	Of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false `perfect' and `imperfect' are contradictory terms
3.	That confounds or contradicts or confuses
4.	In disagreement The figures are at odds with our findings Contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness- John Morley
5.	Unable to be both true at the same time

Synonyms of contradictory:

adj	antonymous
adj	confounding, unsupportive
adj	at odds, conflicting, self-contradictory, inconsistent
adj	mutually exclusive, incompatible
noun	logical relation

Last hyphenations of this language

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