English edit

Etymology edit

From contradict +‎ -ive.

Adjective edit

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.

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