Contraries

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

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  • n. Plural form of contrary.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun-plural. Propositions which directly and destructively contradict each other, but of which the falsehood of one does not establish the truth of the other.
  • Word Usage
    "From both these schools, then, we can learn this much, that the contraries are the principles of things; and how many these principles are and which they are, we can learn from one of the two schools."