Meanings
adjectivecontradictive (comparative more contradictive, superlative most contradictive)
comparative more contradictive · superlative most contradictive
- archaicContradictory.
[T]here is surely, thought she, a perverse and contradictive spirit in man, which makes the whole sex odious.
1790, Helen Maria Williams, Julia, Routledge, published 2016, page 19
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contradictive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contradictive
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