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    [Adjective]  | "con*tra*dic*to*ry" | \ ˌkän-trə-ˈdik-t(ə-)rē \


    1: involving, causing, or constituting a contradiction


    Origin: 1656 ;

     Borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French contraditoire, contradictoire, borrowed from Late Latin contrādictōrius, from Latin contrādic-, variant stem of contrādīcere "to speak against, object to" + -tōrius, deverbal adjective suffix originally forming derivatives from agent nouns ending in -tōr-, -tor{mat|contradict|};

    [Adjective]  | "self-con*tra*dic*to*ry" | \ ˌself-ˌkän-trə-ˈdik-t(ə-)rē \


    1: consisting of two contradictory members or parts


    Origin: 1654 ;

    [Noun]  | "con*tra*dic*to*ry" 


    1: a proposition so related to another that if either of the two is true the other is false and if either is false the other must be true


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Earlier, "contradictory proposition, inconsistency," going back to Middle English contradictorie, borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French contradictoire, borrowed from Late Latin contrādictōria, noun derivative from feminine of contrādictōrius {see: |contradictory:1|contradictory:1};

    [Adjective]  | "contradictory" 


    1: being as different as possible;


      * e.g., " ... contradictory predictions regarding stock prices that were of no help to investors at all "





     [ "Willfully contradictory" ]

    1: Someone who is bossy one minute, then at an oppurtune time says something like you're not the boss of me (possibly the next minute). Someone who changes their image sometimes more than once in one day (not just an online screen name or something relatively benign, but in real life/on TV/youtube videos/other mediums).

      * e.g.,  ... This other guy, as insane as he might seem, is at least on a steady, even keel all the time, where he's no more or less human, no more or less inhuman, no more or less bossy, no more or less subserviant to anyone at any time, since he's the same guy underneath the surface all the time and doesn't claim to be in any particular character at any particular time. At least he is not willfully contradictory, since being willfully contradictory comes with inconsistancies. 

     [ "Contradictory" ]

    1: Literally every, fucking definition on this site.

      * e.g.,  ... You: Bloody hell, that definition on Apple said child labour but when you clicked on the word it said it, was, good. The definition painted child labour in a bad way but the first said it in a good way. That’s contradictory. 

     [ "Willfully contradictory" ]

    1: Someone that tries to discredit the way you treated them as inhuman after they tried to make you feel insignificant about your skinny arms and shit like that. Then they still try to twist it around to where you made it one sided.

      * e.g.,  ... He/she is willfully contradictory for such a broad minded person, or does it just seem that way to me because my view of the world is as narrow as it is? 

     [ "contradictory label" ]

    1: LGBTQ+ (usually) labels that seem to contradict each other, used simultaneously. A few examples: straight gay, lesboy, turigirl, afab trans woman, etc. These identities don't have to make sense to you, as labels are meant to reflect one's own perception of themselves. Plus, language and culture are constantly evolving. Remember: diminishing other queer people for having atypical experiences is ultimately unhelpful in our acceptance. Sometimes, these labels are used to better describe someone's experiences with gender and sexuality — for example, an intersex AFAB woman may still identify as transgender because they feel it best describes them.

      * e.g.,  ... person 1: i identify as straight and gay. 

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