goes against
Runs counter to
Goes against means to oppose, contradict, or act contrary to something.
A decision can go against your wishes, meaning it doesn't favor you.
Evidence that goes against a theory contradicts it.
To go against one's principles is to act in violation of them.
The phrase often implies resistance to expectations, rules, or prevailing forces: It goes against everything I believe in.
Dispute a statement
- opposeAct against something
- challengeTest of ability
- contestOrganized competitive event
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
thwart · undermine · defy · resist · obstruct · impede · rebut · refute
Authority defier
- disobeyRefuse to comply
- floutOpenly defy authority
- disregardWillful lack of attention
- violateBreak a rule deliberately
break · transgress · insubordination · noncompliance · recalcitrance · willfulness · stubbornness · contrariness
Dispute a statement
- negateCancel or disprove
- belieContradict in appearance
- disproveProve something untrue
- invalidateMake null or void
discredit · debunk · counter · deny · refute · inconsistent · incompatible · irreconcilable
Causing unease or distress
- unnaturalContrary to normal order
- reluctantUnwilling to act
- averseOpposed or unwilling
- counterintuitiveContrary to expectations
unwilling · rub the wrong way · difficult · forced · awkward
contradict
Dispute a statement
dispute · thwart · undermine · defy · resist · obstruct · impede · rebut · refute · counter
rebel
Authority defier
violate · break · transgress · insubordination · noncompliance · recalcitrance · willfulness · stubbornness · contrariness · mutiny
contradict
Dispute a statement
invalidate · discredit · debunk · counter · deny · refute · inconsistent · incompatible · irreconcilable · antithetical
uncomfortable
Causing unease or distress
counterintuitive · unwilling · rub the wrong way · difficult · forced · awkward
- takes onadopts, assumes, accepts, undertakes, shoulders
goes againstobeys
Follows commands given
follows · abides by · goes along with · observes · respects
goes againstsupports
Sustains or reinforces
goes with · backs · sides with · stands with · goes along with