mutually exclusive

mutually exclusive
adjective
unable to be both true at the same time (Freq. 3)
• Syn: ↑contradictory
• Similar to: ↑incompatible
• Derivationally related forms: ↑contradictoriness (for: ↑contradictory), ↑contradict (for: ↑contradictory)

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adjective
: being related such that each excludes or precludes the other

mutually exclusive events

their outlooks were not mutually exclusive

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of or pertaining to a situation involving two or more events, possibilities, etc., in which the occurrence of one precludes the occurrence of the other: mutually exclusive plans of action.
[1870-75]

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mutually exclusive phrase
if two things are mutually exclusive, they cannot both happen, exist, or be true at the same time

Great art and commercialism are surely mutually exclusive.

Thesaurus: different and differentlysynonym
Main entry: mutually

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adj
: related in such a way that each thing makes the other thing impossible : not able to be true at the same time or to exist together

War and peace are mutually exclusive. [=war and peace cannot exist at the same time]

mutually exclusive events

— often used after not to describe things that can exist together or at the same time

In a marriage, love and conflict are not mutually exclusive. [=both love and conflict can exist in a marriage at the same time]


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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