self-consistent
[ self-kuhn-sis-tuhnt, self- ]
noun
consistent with oneself or itself.
Origin of self-consistent
1First recorded in 1675–85
Other words from self-consistent
- self-con·sis·ten·cy, noun
- self-con·sis·tent·ly, adverb
Words Nearby self-consistent
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How to use self-consistent in a sentence
Suppose further that this field is internally completely logical, completely coherent, completely self-consistent.
Unwise Child | Gordon Randall GarrettI have rarely seen a person more devoted to duty or more self-consistent in all that she says and does.
Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino v.1/3, 1831-1835 | Dorothy Duchesse de DinoOn the whole the chronology of Beowulf is self-consistent, but there are one or two discrepancies which do not admit of solution.
Beowulf | R. W. Chambers(C) That if He is so, and if His will is self-consistent, all natural causation must needs appear to us 'mechanical.'
Thoughts on Religion | George John RomanesNo writer, from Plato downward, was ever perfectly self-consistent; it would be strange if Edwards were so.
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