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Vocabulary Entry
contradict
|verb • noun
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V
verb
to assert the opposite of a statement or to deny the truth of something.
Example Sentences
"She contradicted his claim about the event."
"The witness's testimony contradicted the detective's findings."
"He tends to contradict himself when he gets nervous."
N
noun
a statement or proposition that asserts the opposite of another statement.
Example Sentences
"The two arguments are in direct contradiction."
"Her contradiction had me questioning my own understanding."
"There was a glaring contradiction in his story."