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Definition of Contradict
1. Verb. Be in contradiction with.
Generic synonyms: Depart, Deviate, Diverge, Vary
Derivative terms: Contradictory, Contradictory, Contradictory, Contradictory, Negation
2. Verb. Deny the truth of.
Generic synonyms: Differ, Disagree, Dissent, Take Issue
Specialized synonyms: Deny
Derivative terms: Contradiction, Contradictory, Contradictory, Negation, Negation, Negative
3. Verb. Be resistant to. "The board opposed his motion"
Generic synonyms: Rebut, Refute
Specialized synonyms: Blackball, Negative, Veto, Dissent, Protest, Resist
Derivative terms: Opponent, Opposer
4. Verb. Prove negative; show to be false.
Category relationships: Logic, Logical System, System Of Logic
Generic synonyms: Demonstrate, Establish, Prove, Shew, Show
Specialized synonyms: Invalidate, Nullify, Confute, Disprove
Antonyms: Affirm
Derivative terms: Negative
Definition of Contradict
1. v. t. To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a statement or a speaker; to impugn.
2. v. i. To oppose in words; to gainsay; to deny, or assert the contrary of, something.
Definition of Contradict
1. Verb. (obsolete) To speak against; to forbid. ¹
2. Verb. To deny the truth of (a statement or statements). ¹
3. Verb. To make a statement denying the truth of the statement(s) made by (a person). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Contradict
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contradict
Literary usage of Contradict
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"... and was published to the world as • stockholder thereof by its officers, and
took no action to contradict the assertion that he was such stockholder, ..."
2. A Digest of the Law of Evidence by James Fitzjames Stephen, George Chase (1898)
"EXCLUSION OF EVIDENCE TO Contradict ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS TESTING VERACITY.
When a witness under cross-examination has been asked and has answered any ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"What I ant to Bay must l>e but thut which contradict* my accusation. Shot., WT,
ill. 2. I have more Manners than to contradict what a Lady has declar'd. ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"... out of Cyprus to contradict it (for Coridon, who was not a Stranger to the
Plott, putt an Embargue uppon all Ships, to hinder any Accounts France. from ..."
5. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1899)
"If the Australians have no such idea because they have myths which contradict
it, then Israel, by parity of reasoning, had no such idea. ..."
6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"... who bad sustained a recent siege of eight days, to contradict the truth of
their own decrees, and to censure the behaviour of their own deputies. ..."
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