self-consistent

American  

[self-kuhn-sis-tuhnt, self-] / ˈsɛlf kənˈsɪs tənt, ˌsɛlf- /

noun

1. consistent with oneself or itself.

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Other Word Forms

• self-consistency
  noun
• self-consistently
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of self-consistent

First recorded in 1675–85

Example Sentences

With this definition, both laws of thermodynamics remain valid, showing that the framework is self-consistent.

From Science Daily • Dec. 23, 2025

The view is disorienting because we tend to think of immigration agendas as singular and self-consistent.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2021

It is something like exploring a self-consistent field of mathematics, with its axioms and rules of logic that are not consistent with nature.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Here was what Bell had been groping for, on and off since his student days: some quantitative means of distinguishing Bohr's interpretation of quantum mechanics from other coherent, self-consistent possibilities.

From Scientific American • Jan. 30, 2012

"As for me," he tells him, "thou knowest that I am self-consistent, and that each time hated business recalls me to Rome I leave this spot with sadness."

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright