Both Uses of
contradict
in
The Bluest Eye
- They had looked about themselves and saw nothing to contradict the statement; saw, in fact, support for it leaning at them from every billboard, every movie, every glance.†
Chpt 2 *contradict = disagree
- Advice was prolific, if contradictory.†
Chpt 4contradictory = in disagreement
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."