Part 2362

<h1>Contradictoriness</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con"tra*dict`o*ri*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being contradictory; opposition; inconsistency.</def>

<i>J. Whitaker.</i>

<h1>Contradictory</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con`tra*dict"o*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>contradictorius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>contradictoire</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Affirming the contrary; implying a denial of what has been asserted; also, mutually contradicting; inconsistent.</def> "<i>Contradictory</i> assertions."

<i>South.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Opposing or opposed; repugnant.</def>

<blockquote>Schemes . . . <b>contradictory</b> to common sense. <i>Addisn.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Contradictory</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con`tra*dict"o*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Contradictories</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <p><b>1.</b> <def>A proposition or thing which denies or opposes another; contrariety.</def>

<blockquote>It is common with princes to will <b>contradictories</b>. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <def>propositions with the same terms, but opposed to each other both in quality and quantity.</def>

<h1>Contradistinct</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con`tra*dis*tinct"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Distinguished by opposite qualities.</def>

<i>J. Goodwin.</i>

<h1>Contradistinction</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con`tra*dis*tinc"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Distinction by contrast.</def>

<blockquote>That there are such things as sins of infirmity in <b>contradistinction</b> to those of presumption is not to be questioned. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Contradistinctive</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con`tra*dis*tinc"tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>having the quality of contradistinction; distinguishing by contrast.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Con`tra*dis*tinc"tive</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Contradistinguish</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con`tra*dis*tin"guish</hw> <tt>(?; 144)</tt>, <tt>v. t. </tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp & p. p.</tt> <er>Contradistinguished</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Contradistinguishing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities.</def>

<blockquote>These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as <b>contradistinguished</b>. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Contrafagetto</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con`tra*fa*get"to</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>The double bassoon, an octave deeper than the bassoon.</def>

<h1>Contrafissure</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con`tra*fis"sure</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A fissure or fracture on the side opposite to that which received the blow, or at some distance from it.</def>

<i>Coxe.</i></blockquote>