contradictive

American  

[kon-truh-dik-tiv] / ˌkɒn trəˈdɪk tɪv /

adjective

1. tending or inclined to contradict; involving contradiction; contradictory.

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Usage

What does contradictive mean? Contradictive means inconsistent or tending to be in opposition.Contradictive means the same thing as contradictory, but contradictory is used much more commonly. Contradictive and contradictory can both be used to describe actions, statements, or other things that are in opposition to each other. However, contradictive is perhaps more likely to be used to describe a person.Example: Allison was accused of being contradictive because her statements to the press did not match what she told the police.

Other Word Forms

• contradictively adverb
• contradictiveness noun
• uncontradictive adjective

Etymology

Origin of contradictive

First recorded in 1620–30; contradict + -ive