self-contradictory
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- adjective
- /ˌsɛlfˌkɒntrəˈdɪktəri/
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autocontradictorio
- The instructions were self-contradictory, telling us to both add and not add salt to the recipe.
So the first kind, we were not noticing that there is a self contradictory concept that we're beginning from.
- So the first kind, we were not noticing that there is a self contradictory concept that we're beginning from.
- So, and when I read this critique of pure reason and says this doesn't hang together, there's a lot of things that seem self contradictory.
Examples
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So, it will seem self-contradictory to reject doing this while recommending training for citizenship.
Academic text (1990) -
The two positions are self-contradictory, and to hold both positions is logically absurd.
Blog text (21) -
That freedom is a very self contradictory notion.
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On the other hand, if this person is unreasonable or self-contradictory, the public will not be interested.
Academic text (2000) -
Their interpretations are either self-contradictory or do not square with the text.
Academic text (1996) -
This statement is not merely incomprehensible, it is self-contradictory.
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Nor is one needed since "free will" is a paradigm example of a self-contradictory proposition.
Blog text (25) -
Krautheimer's Middle Ages were endlessly complicated and self-contradictory.
Academic text (2005) -
We discuss these in turn and show that major tenets of CC are self-contradictory or in contradiction with other social work values.
Academic text (2009) -
The real problem is that the Bible is ambiguous and self-contradictory, and many positions are morally troubling.
Blog text (27)
Synonyms
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4.7
Not staying the same over time and not agreeing with other facts
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6.1
Showing ideas or statements that do not agree and cannot both be true
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6.2
Not able to work or be used together without causing a problem
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7.5
Something that seems impossible or wrong but is still true
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4.2
Having ideas, facts, or feelings that do not agree with each other
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8.1
Showing two opposite ideas in one word or phrase
Showing that facts or statements do not match
Involving a conflict between two ideas or rules
Antonyms
How Contradictory
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6.1
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Surface Forms
Morphology
self-contradictory = contradictory (transparent) = self + contradict + ory
The meaning is directly formed by adding the reflexive/internalizing prefix 'self-' to the adjective 'contradictory', with no specialized sense shift.
Etymology
The word self-contradictory comes from self ('oneself') plus contra- ('against') and dict ('say'), so it means 'saying something against yourself'. So a self-contradictory idea has parts that fight each other and do not fit together.