contradict

IPA: kɑntrʌdˈɪkt

To deny the truth or validity of (a statement or statements).
To oppose (a person) by denying the truth or pertinence of a given statement.
To be contrary to (something).
(obsolete) To give an order contrary to (another order or wish), oppose (something).
(obsolete) To give an order contrary to one given by (another person), oppose or resist (someone).
(obsolete) To speak against; to forbid.

Examples of "contradict" in Sentences

The source contradicted the statement.
Monocracy is contradicted to democracy.
The insistence of Japan is contradicted.
It contradicts the thesis of the article.
The contradiction is particularly flagrant.
That seems to contradict Deferent and epicycle.
The physical evidence supports the contradiction.
The proof of the latter statement is by contradiction.
In contradiction, there is the admonition to 'be bold'.
Bluntness and compromise to avoid conflict seems to be a contradiction.
#31 – Coldlimptruth – see posts 12, 19, and 27 … they show how Karls word contradict Karls words.
But Suong also smiled tolerantly when the others boasted to us and never said a word to contradict them.
Even the word contradict implies a civilized disagreement “Father, I beg to differ with you” as opposed to the humiliating public showdowns many of us have experienced.
If it makes you feel good to believe that Obama is a narco-terrorist socialist Nazi Muslim crypto-fascist dictator from another planet, then, hey, it's true (or truthy, in Colbert's lexicon) and never mind that all those terms contradict each other.
The meanings and inferences associated with the subject (omnipotence = physical power) of a counterintuitive expression contradict those associated with the predicate (insubstantial = lack of physical substance), as in the expressions “the bachelor is married” or “the deceased is alive.”