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self-contradiction
[ self-kon-truh-dik-shuhn, self- ]
noun
- an act or instance of contradicting oneself or itself.
- a statement containing contradictory elements.
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Other Words From
- self-contra·dicting adjective
- self-contra·dicto·ry adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of self-contradiction1
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Example Sentences
To ordain sin would be a self-contradiction of the idea of God; He but creates the being that in turn creates sin.
To talk about knowing the external world through ideas which are merely within us is to talk of an inherent self-contradiction.
For that there is self-contradiction in such words is undeniable.
Here again our blind guides involve us in an absolute self-contradiction.
This self-contradiction however only points to a higher fixed reality with which a true and superior morality is alone concerned.
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