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1. counterproductive
 2. contradictory
3. defeats point
4. undermines
5. conflictory
6. confutative
7. controvertist
8. gainful
9. adversaria
10. adverse
 11. antinomy
12. argumentative
13. con
14. confrontational
15. contradict
16. contradicted
17. contradicter
18. contradictious
19. contradictive
20. contrary
 21. controverse
22. cross
23. defiant
24. adversative
25. adversive
26. agonistic
27. antagonization
28. argumentive
29. contesseration
30. contradiction
 31. contradictor
32. contrafissure
33. contraire
34. contrarious
35. contrariously
36. controversal
37. controversion
38. disconfirmation
39. gainsaying
40. opponent

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