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gainsay verb act against, be contrary, conflict with, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter, deny, disaffirm, disagree, disallow, disavow, disclaim, dispute, dissent, forbid, impugn, negate, oppose, oppugn, protest, rebut, refuse to admit, refute, reject, repudiate, speak against, take exception to, take issue with, traverse See also: contend, contest, contradict, contravene, cross, debar, deny, disaccord, disaffirm, disagree, disapprove, dispute, except, expostulate, negation, object, oppugn, prohibit, refute, reject, repulse How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Complete Poems gainsays several lingering assumptions about McKay's lyric effort, beginning with the misconception that the author abandoned writing poetry during the mid-1920s in favor of composing exclusively in prose. His work also happily gainsays everything I said above about sex in art. None of the above assessment gainsays the very real pastoral and missionary achievements of pre-Vatican II Catholicism nor disputes its ability to promote a magnificent witness of both homely and heroic holiness. |
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