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counter
In a contrary direction, manner, etc.; in opposition; opposite
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  1. In a contrary direction, manner, etc.; in opposition; opposite
  2. To act, do, move, etc. counter to (a person or thing); oppose or check
  3. To or toward an opposite or dissimilar course or outcome:
contradict
To assert to be untrue, often by saying the opposite:
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  1. To assert to be untrue, often by saying the opposite:
  2. To deny the statement of (a person)
  3. To be contrary or opposed to; go against
refute
To prove to be false or erroneous; overthrow by argument or proof:
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  1. To prove to be false or erroneous; overthrow by argument or proof:
  2. To prove (an argument or statement) to be false or wrong, by argument or evidence
  3. To prove (a person) to be wrong; confute
argue
To put forth reasons for or against something:
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  1. To put forth reasons for or against something:
  2. To give reasons for and against; discuss; debate
  3. To have a disagreement; quarrel; dispute
debate
To dispute about, esp. in a meeting or legislature
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  1. To dispute about, esp. in a meeting or legislature
  2. To discuss or argue (a question, for example) formally.
  3. To dispute or argue about.
dispute
To argue or debate (a question); discuss pro and con
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  1. To argue or debate (a question); discuss pro and con
  2. To engage in discussion or argument; debate.
  3. To argue; debate
contest
To try to disprove or invalidate (something) as by argument or legal action; dispute
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  1. To try to disprove or invalidate (something) as by argument or legal action; dispute
  2. To contend; struggle (with or against)
  3. To call into question and take an active stand against; dispute or challenge:
contradict
To be contrary or opposed to; go against
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  1. To be contrary or opposed to; go against
  2. To assert to be untrue, often by saying the opposite:
  3. To deny the statement of (a person)
contravene
To act or be in violation of (a law, directive, or principle, for example); violate:
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  1. To act or be in violation of (a law, directive, or principle, for example); violate:
  2. To go against; oppose; conflict with; violate
  3. To disagree with in argument; contradict
deny
To refuse to believe; reject:
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  1. To refuse to believe; reject:
  2. To refuse the request of (a person)
  3. To give a refusal to; turn down or away:
disaffirm
(Law) To refuse to abide by (a contract, agreement, etc.); repudiate
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  1. (Law) To refuse to abide by (a contract, agreement, etc.); repudiate
  2. To deny or contradict (a former statement)
  3. To deny, contradict or repudiate
gainsay
To declare to be false; deny.
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  1. To declare to be false; deny.
  2. To contradict; to withsay; to deny, refute; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.
  3. To deny
negate
To make negative:
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  1. To make negative:
  2. (Computers) To perform the machine logic operation NOT gate.
  3. To deny the existence or truth of
negative
To prove false; disprove
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  1. To prove false; disprove
  2. Devoid of evidence of a suspected condition or disease, as a diagnostic test.
  3. To deny; contradict
oppugn
To oppose with argument; criticize adversely; call in question
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  1. To oppose with argument; criticize adversely; call in question
traverse
To move to the side or back and forth.
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  1. To move to the side or back and forth.
  2. To turn (a gun, lathe, etc.) laterally; swivel
  3. To cause to move laterally on a pivot; swivel:
Find another word for controvert. In this page you can discover 24 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for controvert, like: counter, contradict, refute, argue, debate, dispute, contest, confute, deny, disprove and oppose.

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  • The dominant theory at the time when Job was written was that all suffering was a punishment of sin; and the aim of the book is to controvert this theory.

  • This alone would be sufficient to controvert the baseless assumption that there existed in southern Rhodesia a ruling caste of different racial origin from the general Bantu population.

  • Meanwhile Albertus Magnus and Thomas Aquinas, accepting the exegetical services of the Arabians, did their best to controvert the obnoxious doctrine of the Intellect, and to defend the orthodoxy of Aristotle against the unholy glosses of infidels.

  • From a theoretical point of view Hahnemann's is one of the abstract systems, pretending to universality, which modern medicine neither accepts nor finds it worth while to controvert.

  • Like persecution awaited him elsewhere, and at last he passed over to Holland, being aided by certain wealthy English merchants who wished him to controvert the supporters of the English church in Leiden.

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