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US
/ˌkɑntɹəˈdɪkt/
]
[ UK /kˌɒntɹədˈɪkt/ ]
[ UK /kˌɒntɹədˈɪkt/ ]
VERB
- deny the truth of
- prove negative; show to be false
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be resistant to
The board opposed his motion - be in contradiction with
How To Use contradict In A Sentence
- Does anybody see the contradiction is the Lefts attack on seniors who use Medicare? Sebelius: There will be competition with private insurers
- We're living through a deeply contradictory time when black folks (and what's left of the unions) are the Dems only truly reliable voting block, and yet every other manifesto for Democratic revitalization is some kind of attenuated, okie-doke Souljah-moment retread. Gary Dauphin: ATT(5)-1=CBC(3)+CHC(1)
- It is this potential for music to express contradictory, sometimes inexpressible emotions that drives Ward to write songs.
- All this seems to contradict the expectation of the manipulation theorists.
- There are two slightly contradictory factors in play. Times, Sunday Times
- Perhaps this contradictory nature is the key to its undeniable appeal. Times, Sunday Times
- At a time of so much contradictory evidence and inconsistency, he is not the only one. Times, Sunday Times
- We do need to show that we can talk without contradiction of God's universal salvific will and the scandalous particularity of the incarnate and risen Lord.
- This focus seems to contradict the book's goal of including Madagascar's diverse peoples without privileging any single group.
- Men have been unwearied in their efforts to obscure the plain, simple meaning of the Scriptures, and to make them contradict their own testimony; but like the ark upon the billowy deep, the word of God outrides the storms that threaten it with destruction. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan