All 3 Uses of "contradict" in "The Hunt for Red October"

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All 3 Uses

contradict
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The Hunt for Red October
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Sir, we've wanted these pictures for some time, what with all the contradictory data we've been getting on the sub.†
Chpt 4.

contradictory = in disagreement
Those reasons are contradictory.†
Chpt 13. *
The latter alternative means that their security has been violated by outsiders, but being a victim is more palatable than having to recognize the intrinsic contradictions of their own governing philosophy.†
Chpt 16.

contradictions = things that disagree with themselves; or (more rarely) acts of disagreeing

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(1) (contradict)
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."
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)