Both Uses of "contradict" in "After Dark, by Murakami"

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contradict
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After Dark, by Murakami
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Countless arteries stretch to the ends of its elusive body, circulating a continuous supply of fresh blood cells, sending out new data and collecting the old, sending out new consumables and collecting the old, sending out new contradictions and collecting the old.†
Chpt 1

contradictions = things that disagree with themselves; or (more rarely) acts of disagreeing
No contradictions, no irony.†
Chpt 5 *

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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)