All 9 Uses
contradict
in
Anne Frank, the Diary of a Young Girl
(Edited)
- Mrs. van Daan, who always contradicts everyone, including Churchill and the news reports, is in complete agreement with Mr. Beaverbrook.
p. 93.3contradicts = disagrees with
- Mr. Dussel makes up everything as he goes along, and anyone wishing to contradict His Majesty had better think twice.
p. 110.6contradict = disagree with
- They first discussed whether Anne should be allowed to use the table, yes or no. Father said that he and Dussel had dealt with the subject once before, at which time he'd professed to agree with Dussel because he didn't want to contradict the elder in front of the younger, but that, even then, he hadn't thought it was fair.
p. 120.1
- Then I talk back and start contradicting everyone until the old familiar Anne refrain inevitably crops up again: "No one understands me!"
p. 341.3contradicting = disagreeing with
- Forgive me, Kitty, they don't call me a bundle of contradictions for nothing!
p. 360.8contradictions = things that disagree with themselves
- "A bundle of contradictions" was the end of my previous letter and is the beginning of this one.
p. 360.9
- Can you please tell me exactly what "a bundle of contradictions" is?
p. 360.9
- What does "contradiction" mean?
p. 360.9contradiction = a word that means: something that disagrees with something else -- possibly with aspects of itself
- Like so many words, it can be interpreted in two ways: a contradiction imposed from without and one imposed from within.
p. 361.1 *contradiction = disagreement
Definitions:
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(1)
(contradict) disagreein 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."
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)