Term: contradiction: the speech act of contradicting someone
Broader: negation: the speech act of negating | Unrelated: transfusion reaction: reaction of the body to a transfusion of blood that is not compatible with its own blood; an adverse reaction can range from fever and hives to renal failure and shock and death
Broader: negation: the speech act of negating | Unrelated: dipper: a ladle that has a cup with a long handle
Broader: negation: the speech act of negating | Unrelated: brazilwood: tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry
Broader: negation: the speech act of negating | Unrelated: subculture: a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs
Broader: negation: the speech act of negating | Unrelated: high-level radioactive waste: radioactive waste that left in a nuclear reactor after the nuclear fuel has been consumed
Broader: negation: the speech act of negating | Unrelated: peat: partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried
Broader: negation: the speech act of negating | Unrelated: ultraviolet: radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays
Broader: negation: the speech act of negating | Unrelated: heroics: ostentatious or vainglorious or extravagant or melodramatic conduct
Broader: negation: the speech act of negating | Unrelated: reformism: a doctrine of reform
Broader: negation: the speech act of negating | Unrelated: sawm: the third pillar of Islam is fasting (primarily during the month of Ramadan); Muslims abstain from food and drink and gambling and all sensuous pleasures from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan