All 4 Uses
contradict
in
Rhinoceros, by Ionesco
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- JEAN: In that case, why do you contradict me, making out that it's not dangerous to let a rhinoceros go racing about in the middle of the town—particularly on a Sunday morning when the streets are full of children ...and adults, too ... BERENGER: A lot of them are in church.†
p. 16.1contradict = disagree
- JEAN: [to BERENGER] You contradict yourself.†
p. 19.2
- BERENGER: [aside, whilst the others continue to discuss the horns of the rhinoceros] Daisy was right, I should never have contradicted him.†
p. 33.1 *contradicted = disagreed
- BERENGER: [aside] He can't stand being contradicted.†
p. 33.2
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)