contradictive

English

Etymology

From contradict +‎ -ive.

Adjective

contradictive (comparative more contradictive, superlative most contradictive)

1. (now rare) Contradictory.
   • 1790, Helen Maria Williams, Julia, Routledge, published 2016, page 19:

     [T]here is surely, thought she, a perverse and contradictive spirit in man, which makes the whole sex odious.

Derived terms

• contradictively
• contradictiveness