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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Contradictory :: Contradictory (a.) Opposing or opposed; repugnant.
Contradictions :: Contradictions (a.) Filled with contradictions; inconsistent.
Contrary :: Contrary (a.) Opposed; contradictory; repugnant; inconsistent.
Antiloquist :: Antiloquist (n.) A contradicter.
Crossing :: Crossing (v. t.) Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction.
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..
Contradictory :: Contradictory (n.) propositions with the same terms, but opposed to each other both in quality and quantity..
Disvouch :: Disvouch (v. t.) To discredit; to contradict.
Self-repugnant :: Self-repugnant (a.) Self-contradictory; inconsistent.
Dichotomy :: Dichotomy (n.) Division into two; especially, the division of a class into two subclasses opposed to each other by contradiction, as the division of the term man into white and not white..
Contrariant :: Contrariant (a.) Contrary; opposed; antagonistic; inconsistent; contradictory.
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.
Inconsistent :: Inconsistent (a.) Not consistent; showing inconsistency; irreconcilable; discordant; at variance, esp. as regards character, sentiment, or action; incompatible; incongruous; contradictory..
Apodictically :: Apodictically (adv.) So as to be evident beyond contradiction.
Harmonize :: Harmonize (v. t.) To adjust in fit proportions; to cause to agree; to show the agreement of; to reconcile the apparent contradiction of.
Recantation :: Recantation (n.) The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction.
Balk :: Balk (v. i.) To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. i.) To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.
Antiloquy :: Antiloquy (n.) Contradiction.
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..
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