Contradict
/ˌkɑːntrəˈdɪkt/verb
To say the opposite of what someone else has said.
Her version of events directly contradicts what he said.
Often appears as...
- contradict someone
- directly contradict
verb
To be in conflict with.
The results of the study contradict the earlier findings.
Often appears as...
- contradict findings
- contradict results
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Academic
verb
To assert the opposite of a statement.
She contradicted the rumors of her resignation.
Often appears as...
- contradict rumors
- contradict claims
verb
To say the opposite of what someone else has said.
Her version of events directly contradicts what he said.
Often appears as...
- contradict someone
- directly contradict
verb
To be in conflict with.
The results of the study contradict the earlier findings.
Often appears as...
- contradict findings
- contradict results
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To assert the opposite of a statement.
She contradicted the rumors of her resignation.
Often appears as...
- contradict rumors
- contradict claims
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Interpersonal Contradiction
Used when arguing or showing you disagree with someone's statement.
He said it was cheap, but I contradicted him, saying it was quite expensive.
Pro Tip 2/3Debating Tactics
Common in debates to counter an opponent's point.
In the debate, she contradicted his argument about climate change.
Pro Tip 3/3Precision Needed
It's important to use facts or evidence when you contradict someone.
The witness contradicted the suspect's alibi with a video from that night.
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Comedy seems to live here, to subsist on the illogic of logical contradiction and its derivatives. We laugh when the order we project on the world is disrupted and disproven, like when the way we all act contradicts truths we don't like talking about, or when strange observations we all make
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And there are hundreds of initiatives every year to try and improve education. The trouble is, it's all going in the wrong direction. There are three principles on which human life flourishes, and they are contradicted by the culture of education under which most teachers have to labor
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Is there a disease that...
Well, the jury's still out on that one. Some recent studies even contradict the idea. Regardless, toxoplasma has definitely benefited from humans to become one of the world's most successful parasites. It's not just our willingness to let cats on our dining room tables
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Is invisibility the...
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Zahra Al-Mahdi: The...
where I was raised by screens. The main windows to reality for me were television and the internet. Not because of their accuracy, but because there were storytelling machines. These machines told stories that contradict one another, but all somehow seem true.
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that contradicts an established consensus. So when all the available evidence suggests that humans are causing an increase in global temperatures, the burden of proof has been fulfilled— if you disagree, it becomes your responsibility to prove otherwise.
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actually contains a number of assumptions that may contradict each other. It doesn’t seem fair for some voters to have more influence than others. But nor does it seem fair to simply ignore minority preferences, or encourage people to game the system.
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Can you solve the rogue...
That contradicts the second half of what B said, and 5 and 4 must be the correct codes. With seconds to spare you override the missile launch, shoot yourself out of the torpedo bay, and send the sub to the bottom of the ocean.
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The reality totally contradicted initial perceptions of this planet. From these lessons from our own solar system, we've learned that a planet's atmosphere is crucial to its climate and potential to host life.
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Newfound Writings Debunk...
century advanced photographic techniques helped reveal a hidden set of numbers calculations referring to dates some seven thousand years in duration contradicting the idea that the Maya
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What's the definition of...
Comedy seems to live here, to subsist on the illogic of logical contradiction and its derivatives. We laugh when the order we project on the world is disrupted and disproven, like when the way we all act contradicts truths we don't like talking about, or when strange observations we all make
Video examples
How to escape...
And there are hundreds of initiatives every year to try and improve education. The trouble is, it's all going in the wrong direction. There are three principles on which human life flourishes, and they are contradicted by the culture of education under which most teachers have to labor
Video examples
Is there a disease that...
Well, the jury's still out on that one. Some recent studies even contradict the idea. Regardless, toxoplasma has definitely benefited from humans to become one of the world's most successful parasites. It's not just our willingness to let cats on our dining room tables
Video examples
Is invisibility the...
fragile this this transition and indeed just two days ago the outgoing president his party actually impediment basically stripped away some of the rights to elect local mayors and regional leaders how's it playing out it kind of contradicts what you just said it does
Video examples
Zahra Al-Mahdi: The...
where I was raised by screens. The main windows to reality for me were television and the internet. Not because of their accuracy, but because there were storytelling machines. These machines told stories that contradict one another, but all somehow seem true.
Video examples
Can you outsmart the...
that contradicts an established consensus. So when all the available evidence suggests that humans are causing an increase in global temperatures, the burden of proof has been fulfilled— if you disagree, it becomes your responsibility to prove otherwise.
Video examples
Which voting system is...
actually contains a number of assumptions that may contradict each other. It doesn’t seem fair for some voters to have more influence than others. But nor does it seem fair to simply ignore minority preferences, or encourage people to game the system.
Video examples
Can you solve the rogue...
That contradicts the second half of what B said, and 5 and 4 must be the correct codes. With seconds to spare you override the missile launch, shoot yourself out of the torpedo bay, and send the sub to the bottom of the ocean.
Video examples
Aomawa Shields: How...
The reality totally contradicted initial perceptions of this planet. From these lessons from our own solar system, we've learned that a planet's atmosphere is crucial to its climate and potential to host life.
Video examples
Newfound Writings Debunk...
century advanced photographic techniques helped reveal a hidden set of numbers calculations referring to dates some seven thousand years in duration contradicting the idea that the Maya
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Nathan Bedford Forrest
American General
We have but one flag, one country; let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment. Many things have been said about me which are wrong, and which white and black persons here, who stood by me through the war, can contradict.
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Oscar Isaac
Guatemalan Actor
I like films that take their time a little bit more and don't show you all of their cards right away, characters that are conflicted and contradicting and seem one way at first and then suddenly turn out to be something else.
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Gunter Grass
German Author
It is a wonderful thing in the process of writing when such paper characters are first sketched, and, when one is doing good work, from a certain point in time they come alive and start contradicting the author as well.
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Parker Palmer
American Educator
Movements begin when oppressed people make - and keep remaking - a deeply inward decision to stop consenting to external demands that contradict a critical inner truth, the truth that they are worthy of respect.
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Mike Barnicle
American Journalist
Reality is self-defined as the mob, any mob, writes its own history, never to be contradicted by the quiet statement of truth.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American Writer
People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be 'consistent'.
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George Jean Nathan
American Editor
It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I improve wonderfully as time goes on.
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Yossi Sarid
Israeli Politician
I do not believe in the eternity of the spirit. That contradicts my ideology.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
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Hans Eysenck
German Psychologist
If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad.
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Nathan Bedford Forrest
American General
We have but one flag, one country; let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment. Many things have been said about me which are wrong, and which white and black persons here, who stood by me through the war, can contradict.
Quote examples
Oscar Isaac
Guatemalan Actor
I like films that take their time a little bit more and don't show you all of their cards right away, characters that are conflicted and contradicting and seem one way at first and then suddenly turn out to be something else.
Quote examples
Gunter Grass
German Author
It is a wonderful thing in the process of writing when such paper characters are first sketched, and, when one is doing good work, from a certain point in time they come alive and start contradicting the author as well.
Quote examples
Parker Palmer
American Educator
Movements begin when oppressed people make - and keep remaking - a deeply inward decision to stop consenting to external demands that contradict a critical inner truth, the truth that they are worthy of respect.
Quote examples
Mike Barnicle
American Journalist
Reality is self-defined as the mob, any mob, writes its own history, never to be contradicted by the quiet statement of truth.
Quote examples
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American Writer
People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be 'consistent'.
Quote examples
George Jean Nathan
American Editor
It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I improve wonderfully as time goes on.
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Yossi Sarid
Israeli Politician
I do not believe in the eternity of the spirit. That contradicts my ideology.
Quote examples
Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
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Hans Eysenck
German Psychologist
If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad.
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