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"text": "1651, Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, London: Andrew Crooke, Chapter 42 “Of Power Ecclesiasticall,” p. 270,\n[…] the Ministers of Christ in this world, have no Power by that title, to Punish any man for not Beleeving, or for Contradicting what they say;"
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"text": "Day after day passed away without bringing any other tidings of him than the report which shortly prevailed in Meryton of his coming no more to Netherfield the whole winter; a report which highly incensed Mrs. Bennet, and which she never failed to contradict as a most scandalous falsehood.",
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"ref": "1959, Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers, New York: Ace Books, published 2006, page 97:",
"text": "I spent the whole long hike back to camp thinking about that amazing letter. It didn’t sound in the least like anything he had ever said in class. Oh, I don’t mean it contradicted anything he had told us in class; it was just entirely different in tone.",
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"text": "Everything he says contradicts me.",
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"ref": "c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:",
"text": "Dear Duff, I prithee, contradict thyself,\nAnd say it is not so.",
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"ref": "1753, Samuel Richardson, The History of Sir Charles Grandison, London, Volume 5, Letter 17, p. 113:",
"text": "[…] all these people having deservedly the reputation of good sense, penetration, and so-forth, I cannot contradict them with credit to myself.",
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"ref": "1915, Virginia Woolf, chapter 15, in The Voyage Out, New York: George H. Doran, published 1920, page 199:",
"text": "“I always contradict my husband when he says that,” said Mrs. Thornbury sweetly. “You men! Where would you be if it weren’t for the women!”",
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"ref": "1594, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], 3rd edition, London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, book III, page 118:",
"text": "Now no truth can contradict any truth; desirous therefore they were to be taught, how bothe might stand together, that which they knew could not be false, because Christ spake it; and this which to them did seeme true, onely because the Scribes had said it.",
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"text": "1760, Laurence Sterne, The Sermons of Mr. Yorick, London: R. & J. Dodsley, Volume 1, Sermon 2, p. 32,\n[…] as he is going to a house dedicated to joy and mirth, it was fit he should divest himself of whatever was likely to contradict that intention, or be inconsistent with it."
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"ref": "c. 1806–1809 (date written), William Wordsworth, “Book the Fifth. The Pastor.”, in The Excursion, being a Portion of The Recluse, a Poem, London: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […], published 1814, →OCLC, page 231:",
"text": "[…] True indeed it is\nThat They whom Death has hidden from our sight\nAre worthiest of the Mind’s regard; with these\nThe future cannot contradict the past:",
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"ref": "1980, Anthony Burgess, chapter 60, in Earthly Powers, Penguin, published 1981, page 486:",
"text": "My persona was mildly liked by television audiences. Its features were recognizable and caricaturable—the cigarette in its Dunhill holder wielded as gracefully as a Queen Anne fan, the Savile Row suitings whose conservative elegance was contradicted by opennecked silk shirts from Kuala Lumpur or by cream polo sweaters […]",
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"To say things that conflict with each other."
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"(reflexive) To say things that conflict with each other."
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"translations": [
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "kundërthem"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "dislavaret"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "oprovergavam",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "опровергавам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otričam",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "отричам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "contradir"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "tegenspreken"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "kontraŭdiri"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "kiistää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "contredire"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "widersprechen"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "antilogéō",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "ἀντιλογέω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "satár",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "סתר"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "ellentmond"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "ellenkezik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "ellentétben áll"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "kontredicar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "contraddire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "contestare"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qaramaqarsy şyğu",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "қарамақарсы шығу"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "īnfitior"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "prieštarauti"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "whakahorihori"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "tātā"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "hoihoi"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "motsi"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "motseie"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "motseia"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "wiþcweþan"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "zaprzeczać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "contradizer"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "desdizer"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "ayñiy"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "contrazice"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "protivoréčitʹ",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "противоре́чить"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "contradecir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "förneka"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "superečyty",
"sense": "deny the truth of (a statement or statements)",
"word": "суперечити"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "dislavaret"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "protivoreča",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "противореча"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "contradir"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "modsige"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "tegenspreken"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "kiistää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "contredire"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "widersprechen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "ellentmond"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "vitába száll"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "contraddire"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qarsy sözge kelu",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "қарсы сөзге келу"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "adversor"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "contrādīcō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "refrāgor"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "prieštarauti"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "whakahorihori"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "hoihoi"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "motsi"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "motseie"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "motseia"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "wiþcweþan"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "zaprzeczać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "dementować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "contradizer"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "desdizer"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "contrazice"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "perečitʹ",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "перечить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "protivoréčitʹ",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "противоре́чить"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "contradecir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "motsäga"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "säga emot"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zaperečuvaty",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "заперечувати"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "deny the truth of statements made by (a person)",
"word": "phủ nhận"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "nāqaḍa",
"sense": "to be contrary to",
"word": "نَاقَضَ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be contrary to",
"word": "ellenkezik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be contrary to",
"word": "ellentétes"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be contrary to",
"word": "contrariare"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "taitalasu",
"sense": "to be contrary to",
"word": "тайталасу"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to be contrary to",
"word": "tātā"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to be contrary to",
"word": "wiþcweþan"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be contrary to",
"word": "contrariar"
}
],
"word": "contradict"
}
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