Definition of contradict

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Contradict (v. i.) To oppose in words; to gainsay; to deny, or assert the contrary of, something..

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Negative :: Negative (n.) A proposition by which something is denied or forbidden; a conception or term formed by prefixing the negative particle to one which is positive; an opposite or contradictory term or conception.
Contradict :: Contradict (v. t.) To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist.
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..
Contradict :: 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..
Contradictional :: Contradictional (a.) Contradictory; inconsistent; opposing.
Contradicting :: Contradicting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contradic.
Contradictor :: Contradictor (n.) A contradicter.
Antilogy :: Antilogy (n.) A contradiction between any words or passages in an author.
Harmonize :: Harmonize (v. t.) To adjust in fit proportions; to cause to agree; to show the agreement of; to reconcile the apparent contradiction of.
Gainsayer :: Gainsayer (n.) One who gainsays, contradicts, or denies..
Withsay :: Withsay (v. t.) To contradict; to gainsay; to deny; to renounce.
Contradictory :: Contradictory (n.) propositions with the same terms, but opposed to each other both in quality and quantity..
Contradiction :: Contradiction (n.) Direct opposition or repugnancy; inconsistency; incongruity or contrariety; one who, or that which, is inconsistent..
Contradictorily :: Contradictorily (adv.) In a contradictory manner.
Apodictical :: Apodictical (a.) Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction.
Paradox :: Paradox (n.) A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense; that which in appearance or terms is absurd, but yet may be true in fact..
Antinomy :: Antinomy (n.) A contradiction or incompatibility of thought or language; -- in the Kantian philosophy, such a contradiction as arises from the attempt to apply to the ideas of the reason, relations or attributes which are appropriate only to the facts or the concepts of experience..
Contradictories :: Contradictories (pl. ) of Contradictor.
Contradicter :: Contradicter (n.) one who contradicts.
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