Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contradictive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-tra-dic-tive
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Archaic

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

From contradict + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: contradict

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more contradictive (comparative) most contradictive (superlative)

Derived Forms

contradictively contradictiveness

Questions

What does contradictive mean?: Contradictory.
Where does contradictive come from?: From contradict + -ive.

How to pronounce contradictive

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