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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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..
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. i.) To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.
Reclaimant :: Reclaimant (n.) One who reclaims; one who cries out against or contradicts.
Self-contradiction :: Self-contradiction (n.) The act of contradicting one's self or itself; repugnancy in conceptions or in terms; a proposition consisting of two members, one of which contradicts the other; as, to be and not to be at the same time is a self-contradiction..
Crossing :: Crossing (v. t.) Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction.
Contradictory :: Contradictory (a.) Opposing or opposed; repugnant.
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.
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..
Disvouch :: Disvouch (v. t.) To discredit; to contradict.
Contradict :: Contradict (v. t.) To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist.
Conflicting :: Conflicting (a.) Being in conflict or collision, or in opposition; contending; contradictory; incompatible; contrary; opposing..
Apodictically :: Apodictically (adv.) So as to be evident beyond contradiction.
Consistent :: Consistent (a.) Having agreement with itself or with something else; having harmony among its parts; possesing unity; accordant; harmonious; congruous; compatible; uniform; not contradictory.
Contradicter :: Contradicter (n.) one who contradicts.
Contradictoriness :: Contradictoriness (n.) The quality of being contradictory; opposition; inconsistency.
Balk :: Balk (v. i.) To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
Antiloquist :: Antiloquist (n.) A contradicter.
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..
Withsay :: Withsay (v. t.) To contradict; to gainsay; to deny; to renounce.
Rebut :: Rebut (v. t.) To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof..
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