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- Latin · borrowed fromcontrādictus“contradicted”
- English todaycontradict
Derived from Latin contrādictus (“contradicted”), the past participle of contrādīcō (“speak against”) (originally two words).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
contradict
Today it means: To deny the truth or validity of (a statement or statements). Full definition →
Latin contrādictus