Definition of contradict

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Contradict (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..

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Apodictical :: Apodictical (a.) Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction.
Crossing :: Crossing (v. t.) Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. i.) To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.
Contraposition :: Contraposition (n.) A so-called immediate inference which consists in denying the original subject of the contradictory predicate; e.g.: Every S is P; therefore, no Not-P is S..
Disaffirm :: Disaffirm (v. t.) To assert the contrary of; to contradict; to deny; -- said of that which has been asserted.
Reproof :: Reproof (n.) Refutation; confutation; contradiction.
Contraries :: Contraries (n.) Propositions which directly and destructively contradict each other, but of which the falsehood of one does not establish the truth of the other..
Gainsay :: Gainsay (v. t.) To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.
Absurd :: Absurd (a.) Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and fiatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd dream..
Natural :: Natural (n.) A character [/] used to contradict, or to remove the effect of, a sharp or flat which has preceded it, and to restore the unaltered note..
Contradict :: Contradict (v. i.) To oppose in words; to gainsay; to deny, or assert the contrary of, something..
Apodictically :: Apodictically (adv.) So as to be evident beyond contradiction.
Antiloquist :: Antiloquist (n.) A contradicter.
Antilogy :: Antilogy (n.) A contradiction between any words or passages in an author.
Contrary :: Contrary (a.) Opposed; contradictory; repugnant; inconsistent.
Contradictoriness :: Contradictoriness (n.) The quality of being contradictory; opposition; inconsistency.
Bureaucracy :: Bureaucracy (n.) A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the officers of government have an associated authority and responsibility; also, government conducted on this system..
Deny :: Deny (v. t.) To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit..
Contradictories :: Contradictories (pl. ) of Contradictor.
Contradictorily :: Contradictorily (adv.) In a contradictory manner.
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