All 6 Uses of
contradict
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- To begin with, the whole story contradicts itself.†
Chpt 2.1contradicts = disagrees
- But excuse me, how do you explain this contradiction?†
Chpt 2.1 *contradiction = something (typically a statement) that disagrees with itself; or (more rarely) the act of disagreeing
- You may be sure I don't contradict him, hang him!†
Chpt 2.2contradict = disagree
- The story had been everywhere contradicted by Marfa Petrovna, and was by then disbelieved by all the townspeople, who were warm in Dounia'a defence.†
Chpt 4.3contradicted = disagreed
- One can't contradict her.†
Chpt 4.4contradict = disagree
- I won't contradict you, and besides I am no hand at philosophy.†
Chpt 6.3
Definition:
disagree
in various senses, including:
- to say something is not true -- as in "She contradicted his testimony."
- to say something else is true when both can't be true -- as in "I don't believe her. She contradicted herself as she told us what happened."
- to be in conflict with -- as in "Her assertions contradict accepted scientific principles."