Contradictory means that the statements did not agree. They meant different things instead of the same thing.
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Some examples of contradictory terms are 'living dead', 'pretty ugly', 'jumbo shrimp', and 'virtual reality'. If the contradiction is intentional (rhetorical or poetic), then it is called an ox·y·mo·ron. All oxymorons are contradictory terms, but not all contradictory terms are oxymorons.OXYMORON n.A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist.
poorly coordinated reaction or actions with contradictory intent and contradictory results
An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction. Hyperbole is exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
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Some examples of contradictory terms are 'living dead', 'pretty ugly', 'jumbo shrimp', and 'virtual reality'. If the contradiction is intentional (rhetorical or poetic), then it is called an ox·y·mo·ron. All oxymorons are contradictory terms, but not all contradictory terms are oxymorons.OXYMORON n.A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist.
poorly coordinated reaction or actions with contradictory intent and contradictory results
Answer this question…Daoism uses seemingly contradictory statements to provide instruction to its followers.
Statements that are self contradictory are paradoxes or oxymorons. Some are trivial some are funny. A funny one would be military intelligence or military music. A more serious one is the old one about an immovable object and an irresistible force
Statements that are self contradictory are paradoxes or oxymorons. Some are trivial some are funny. A funny one would be military intelligence or military music. A more serious one is the old one about an immovable object and an irresistible force
Talking out of both sides of your mouth is a saying that means you make contradictory statements to people about the same thing. It is an idiom.
An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction. Hyperbole is exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
In general logical terms, any two statements that claim something to be the case and also not to be the case are 'technically contradictory'; for example, 'The woman is Dorothy' and 'The woman is not Dorothy.' In each case, of course, the same person must be referenced and the same meaning of 'woman' and 'is' must be operative in each claim.
You are a riddle or a paradox. These types of statements play with language and logic to create puzzling situations where the answer may seem contradictory or impossible.