Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who contradicts or denies; an opposer. Also
contradictor .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun one who contradicts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
contradicts .
Etymologies
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Examples
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This good ol' boy needs to be careful lest he get labeled a pledging contradicter.
Will Durst: The GOP Pledge Drive Will Durst 2011
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This good ol' boy needs to be careful lest he get labeled a pledging contradicter.
Will Durst: The GOP Pledge Drive Will Durst 2011
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This good ol' boy needs to be careful lest he get labeled a pledging contradicter.
Will Durst: The GOP Pledge Drive Will Durst 2011
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The cause could be that the two pilots got contradicter results doing their calculations, and tried to figure out how to solve the problem.
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Corniani himself is immediately his own contradicter by quoting in
Tacitus and Bracciolini The Annals Forged in the XVth Century John Wilson Ross 1852
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Did I ever wish for any one thing in {all} my life, Sostrata, but that you were my contradicter on that occasion?
The Comedies of Terence Literally Translated into English Prose, with Notes Terence 1847
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He was rather a contradicter than a favourer of ordinary opinions: and this, perhaps, led him not unoften into paradox: yet was there much soundness, even in his most vehement notions, and the strength of mind which made him think only for himself, was visible in all the productions it created.
Pelham — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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He was rather a contradicter than a favourer of ordinary opinions: and this, perhaps, led him not unoften into paradox: yet was there much soundness, even in his most vehement notions, and the strength of mind which made him think only for himself, was visible in all the productions it created.
Pelham — Volume 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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