contradictorn.
/kɒntrəˈdɪktə/ One who contradicts; one who speaks against, opposes, or denies what is asserted, claimed, proposed, etc.; a gainsayer.
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the mind > language > statement > speaking against or contradiction > [noun] > one who
withsayerc1420
gainsayer1435
again-sayerc1449
contradictor1599
oblocutor1603
contradictist1630
disassertor1651
contradictionist1890
1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. at Contradezidor A gaine~sayer, a contradictor.
1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 9 Stubborne and opposite contradictors of the truth.
1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 43 In hope to find him a contradicter of Moses, and a condemner of Herod.
1728 J. Swift Short View State Ireland 1 If a Gentleman happens to be a little more sincere..he is sure to have a Dozen Contradictors.
a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) iv. 228 It is easy to make almost any hypothesis have an appearance of soundness when there is no contradictor.
1889 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 14 668 Re-trying..the same issues which have already been conclusively decided against him in a question with his proper contradictor.
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