Both Uses
contradict
in
Asylum, by Madeleine Roux
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- He wondered if everyone at this program would be so full of contradictions.†
p. 20.3 *contradictions = things that disagree with themselves; or (more rarely) acts of disagreeing
- Her voice sounded like she was kidding at first, waiting for Jordan to contradict her.†
p. 143.5contradict = disagree
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)