contradictive
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From contradict + -ive.
Adjective[edit]
contradictive (comparative more contradictive, superlative most contradictive)
- (now rare) Contradictory.
- 1790, Helen Maria Williams, Julia, Routledge, published 2016, page 19:
- [T]here is surely, thought she, a perverse and contradictive spirit in man, which makes the whole sex odious.