The criminal contraditory with his police statement
The two opposing philosophies do not amalgamate with each other
a statement that seems contradictory but may be true
The word 'ambivalent' is an adjective, a word used to describe a noun as having mixed feelings or contradictory feelings or ideas about something or someoneExample: She was ambivalent about where she wanted to eat.Note: The adjective 'ambivalent' is functioning as a subject complement following the linking verb 'was' (she=ambivalent).
Contradictory
contradictory
Contradictory means in opposition. The two of them gave me contradictory information and I didn't know what to do.
A contradictory part of speech refers to when a particular word is used in a way that contradicts its typical part of speech classification. For example, if a word is usually a noun but is used as a verb in a sentence, that would be contradictory.
contrary, contradictory, diametric, counter, adverse,obverse, contrasted.
The contradictory information contained in Margaret's telegram was confusing to Reginald.
The two witnesses gave contradictory evidence.
The teacher sighed heavily over the contradictory behavior of her students. The word contradictory is an adjective. Some synonyms are opposing, conflicting, and diametric.
These two positions may, at first sight, seem contradictory.
The result of the meeting was inconclusive, contradictory and inconsistent arguments from all sides
Similar means closely related and contradictory means opposite.
The two opposing philosophies do not amalgamate with each other
Oxymoron is the word you are looking for.Example:'He looked at her with cruel kindness'.The expression 'cruel kindness' is an oxymoronbringing out a self-contradictory effect in the sentence.
It is a paradox that a registered Republican voted for the Democratic candidate.