Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word CONTRADICT

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Definitions of CONTRADICT

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

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Examples of Using CONTRADICT in a Sentence

• In law, rebuttal is a form of evidence that is presented to contradict or nullify other evidence that has been presented by an adverse party.
• Archival materials contradict Zadkine himself and states that his father did not convert to the Russian Orthodox religion and his mother was not of a Scottish extraction.
• Plot holes are usually created unintentionally, often as a result of editing or the writers simply forgetting that a new event would contradict previous events.
• Thus, it would be problematic to ascribe any particular value to it, as the value would contradict one of the two cases, dependent on the application.
• Indeed, several proverbs contradict each other—however they agree in as much as they are advising the player to pay attention to the stated situation.
• Historians disagree about the location of Aurelius's remains, as multiple medieval Asturian chronicles contradict one another.
• Although his son and successor Kim Jong Il is officially credited as its designer, interviews with North Korean former officials contradict this assertion.
• Put another way, it is a way of representing epistemic plausibilities, but it can yield answers that contradict those arrived at using probability theory.
• The sources contradict each other on the matter of Erik's return: the Lund annals claim that Erik returned before the death of Knut in 1232, Erik's Chronicle claims that he returned following the death of Knut and after renewed fighting.
• ' Moreover, Orderic Vitalis, who uses the Gesta Guillelmi as his principal source in creating his 'Ecclesiastical History', chooses to omit or contradict many of Poitiers' passages in the Guesta Guillelmi, including denial of King William's mercy to the conquered English; having been brought up in England from 1075–1085, Orderic knew better.
• This result seems to contradict the equation dF = −S dT − P dV, as keeping T and V constant seems to imply dF = 0, and hence F = constant.
• Some approximations, in particular phenomenological models, may even contradict theory; they are employed because they are more mathematically tractable than some theories, and are able to yield results.
• Non-verbal cues, which may contradict the views participants articulate, are important and can easily be missed if the researcher is not familiar with visual cues, body language and other non verbal cues.
• Tel Aviv University professor Ben-Yosef reported, "Our new findings contradict the view of many archaeologists that the Arava was populated by a loose alliance of tribes, and they're consistent with the biblical story that there was an Edomite kingdom here".
• This is similar to a stipulative definition, but differs in that a stipulative definition may contradict the lexical definition, while a precising definition does not.
• Supporters of theistic evolution generally attempt to harmonize evolutionary thought with belief in God and reject the conflict between religion and science; they hold that religious beliefs and scientific theories do not need to contradict each other.
• While commonly confused with textualism or originalism, they are not the same, and in fact frequently contradict, as textualists like Antonin Scalia have noted.
• These include the meanings of catharsis and hamartia, the Classical unities, and the question why Aristotle appears to contradict himself between chapters 13 and 14.
• Ariel's Beginning contains events that contradict the television series (such as Ariel's youth and first meeting with Flounder), making the TV series and the prequel independent continuities.
• Early Quakers, like George Fox and Robert Barclay, as well as most modern Quakers (including the Conservative Friends, Evangelical Friends, Gurneyite Friends and Holiness Friends) believed that promptings which were truly from the Holy Spirit would not contradict the Bible.
• Carl Hostetter added that Tolkien's solution appears to contradict The Lord of the Rings, in which Frodo journeys to what appears to be a "very physical" Tol Eressëa.
• Though yet, in taken fire at my attempts to reduce practice to a greater easiness, plainness, and in the meantime letting the mountebank at Charing Cross pass unrailed at, they contradict themselves, and would make the world believe I may prove more considerable than they would have me.
• This action was criticized because it seemed to contradict the legal provisions that members of the council should keep a distance from partisan politics: the independence and impartiality of the council would be jeopardized, critics said, if members could put themselves "on leave" in order to campaign for a project.
• An attempt was made in Belgium's highest administrative court: in 2004, in a rare case of disavowing the recommendation of its Auditor, the 12th Flemish Chamber of the Belgian Council of State judged that the Flemish interpretation of the linguistic laws did not contradict the aforementioned laws.
• Proteus phenomenon, the tendency in science for early replications of a work to contradict the original findings, a consequence of publication bias.

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