contradict

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If Al Gore was a consistent person who doesn't self-contradict, then he'd launch into a fiery, Ahmadinesque tirade, blaming fat people for all the world's problems and declaring war on fatness to save the world.

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  1. transitive verb To assert or express the opposite of (a statement).
  2. transitive verb To deny the statement of. See Synonyms at deny.
  3. transitive verb To be contrary to; be inconsistent with.

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  • All others you must abuse, contradict, and depreciate. —  Olla Podrida
  • I would rather see them contradict, and dispute, and get angry, or any thing, than to appear so dead Interview with a younger Brother. —  Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs
  • Of course we'll take him, and be glad to have him; and I'll listen to him, you may be sure; and Pearl, I just can't help telling you that I'm so happy now--I can't tell you how happy I am Martha's brimming eyes seemed to contradict her words, but Pearl, who understood something of the springs of the heart, understood I can't help being happy," Martha went on. —  The Second Chance
  • The light, too, faded from the mate's face Bout that mutiny and attempted murder," said the skipper, and paused as though waiting for the mate to contradict or qualify the terms; but he made no reply I give you in charge as soon as we get to port," continued the other. —  Sea Urchins
  • The latter will hear many things they would like to contradict, which the biensיance of the lecture-room does not allow. —  Gryll Grange
 

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  1. Latin contrādīcere, contrādict-, to speak against : contrā-, contra- + dīcere, to speak; see deik- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin contradictus, past participle of contradicere (later F. contredire = Provencal contradire = Spanish contradecir = Portuguese contradizer = Italian contraddire), in class. L. two words, contra dicere, speak against: contra, against; dicere, speak: see contra and diction.
 

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/kɑntrəˈdɪkt/
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