self-contradiction

American  

[self-kon-truh-dik-shuhn, self-] / ˈsɛlfˌkɒn trəˈdɪk ʃən, ˌsɛlf- /

noun

1. an act or instance of contradicting oneself or itself.

2. a statement containing contradictory elements.

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Other Word Forms

• self-contradicting
  adjective
• self-contradictory
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of self-contradiction

First recorded in 1650–60

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Example Sentences

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self-contradiction

There are some forms of self-contradiction that threaten the reputation of legal theories and the judges who wield them.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2024

In her statement, Kim Yo Jong said the criticisms of the launch were "self-contradiction" as the U.S. and other countries have already launched "thousands of satellites."

From Reuters ● Jun. 1, 2023

But when I read it, I realized all the things I thought were my flaws — the digressing, the self-contradiction — in Bernhard that was the writing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2022

She—morbid, magnetic, full of self-contradiction and haunted by visions of a “skinless horse” that hint at her Holocaust trauma—already has a young daughter: Mike’s mother.

From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2016

There is also a certain wayward, heroic, Ruskin-like self-contradiction about Müller, which one learns rather to enjoy.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 by Various

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