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contradict

verb
/ˌkɒn.tɹəˈdɪkt/UK/ˌkɑn.tɹəˈdɪkt/US/ˌkɒn.tɹəˈdɪkt/CA/ˌkɔn.tɹəˈdɪkt/

Etymology

Derived from Latin contrādictus (“contradicted”), the past participle of contrādīcō (“speak against”) (originally two words).

  1. borrowed from contrādictus — “contradicted”

Definitions

  1. To deny the truth or validity of (a statement or statements).

    • His testimony contradicts hers.

  2. To oppose (a person) by denying the truth or pertinence of a given statement.

    • Everything he says contradicts me.
    • Dear Duff, I prithee, contradict thyself, And say it is not so.
    • […] all these people having deservedly the reputation of good sense, penetration, and so-forth, I cannot contradict them with credit to myself.

  3. To be contrary to (something).

    • […] as he is going to a house dedicated to joy and mirth, it was fit he should divest himself of whatever was likely to contradict that intention, or be inconsistent with it.
    • […] True indeed it is That They whom Death has hidden from our sight Are worthiest of the Mind’s regard; with these The future cannot contradict the past:
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. To say things that conflict with each other.

      • The prime minister contradicted herself during her speech.

    2. To give an order contrary to (another order or wish), oppose (something).

      • […] when was the hour I ever contradicted your desire, Or made it not mine too?

    3. To give an order contrary to one given by (another person), oppose or resist (someone).

      • Beseemes it thee to contradict thy king? […] I will haue Gaueston, and you shall know, What danger tis to stand against your king.
      • A greater power than we can contradict Hath thwarted our intents.

    4. To speak against

      To speak against; to forbid.

      • […] magic hath been publicly professed in former times, in Salamanca, Cracovia, and other places, though after censured by several universities, and now generally contradicted, though practised by some still […].

The neighborhood

Derived

contradick, contradictable, contradicter, contradictive, self-contradict

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at contradict. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at contradict. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at contradict

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA