Definition of self-contradiction in English:

self-contradiction

noun

mass noun

Inconsistency between aspects or parts of a whole.
自相矛盾，前后矛盾
deconstruction is interested in exploring language and revealing self-contradiction and instability
解构的兴趣在于探索语言，揭示矛盾和不稳定性。
count noun we no longer see a puzzling self-contradiction in masochism
我们再也看不到受虐狂令人不解的自相矛盾了。
Example sentencesExamples
- Fortunately, the logic on which this message rests is absurd to the point of self-contradiction.
- The main fault I find with the book is Namaste's own self-contradiction.
- Persistent questioning, passionate debate, direct self-contradictions, an electric atmosphere - all were there.
- This is the greatest self-contradiction I've heard all day.
- To be sure, the Times appears at least to recognize the potential for hypocrisy or self-contradiction in its statements.
- It has much more to do with the way modernity has massively increased our capacity for muddle and self-contradiction, while making it easier than ever before to live almost entirely on the surface of existence.
- Sometimes evolutionists are so keen to attack creationists that they don't realise their self-contradictions.
- This is because liars must avoid self-contradictions.
- That is, to be a human being means that your right to defend yourself cannot be abrogated without self-contradiction.
- Further, self-centeredness, self-consciousness, and self-contradiction are not wholly reducible to self-delusion in these narratives.
- Setting aside the self-contradiction, what does all that mean?
- It is the same with the way she talks: the outrageous soundbite followed by the banal self-contradiction.
- He starts with a letter from a reader notable both for its irrelevance and its self-contradiction.
- Why they need to chop it up unless they're scared of self-contradiction is beyond me.
- He fused two forms which often exist separately and apart, even in self-contradiction.
- A man fully steeped in the niceties of Austrian economics might still reject these ends, and not be forced to endure the pain of self-contradiction.
- It leads them down a path of self-contradiction and alienation.
- Even in the opening situation of the poem, then, generic self-contradiction makes itself emphatically apparent.
- One is bound to point out that as a way of organizing reality, this deterministic view of the world suffers from certain fatal defects, primarily an easy susceptibility to self-contradiction.
- Socrates plies his interlocutors with a chain of questions, and their replies trap them into self-contradiction.
Synonyms
unpredictability, inconstancy, lack of consistency, changeableness, variability, instability, irregularity, unevenness, unsteadiness

Derivatives

self-contradicting

adjective ˌsɛlfkɒntrəˈdɪktɪŋˌsɛlfˌkɑntrəˈdɪktɪŋ

Characterized by inconsistency between aspects or parts of a whole.
自相矛盾，前后矛盾
the document is somewhat self-contradicting
Example sentencesExamples
- an utterly self-contradicting notion
- He's one of the more irritating and self-contradicting protagonists in recent memory.
- I'm hoping those are two schools of thought, because the two principles sound pretty self-contradicting to me.
- Later, Aaron's story evolved into a self-contradicting eyewitness statement that eventually included an admission of his own guilt.

self-contradictory

adjective

There seems to be something paradoxical, even self-contradictory, in the very notion of a Reformation image.
Example sentencesExamples
- It also meant that socialism was an unstable, self-contradictory doctrine bound to fly apart in the inner contradiction between its means and ends.
- There is a self-contradictory paradox in Gregory's argument.

Definition of self-contradiction in US English:

self-contradiction

nounˈˌsɛlf ˌkɑntrəˈdɪkʃənˈˌself ˌkäntrəˈdikSHən

Inconsistency between aspects or parts of a whole.
自相矛盾，前后矛盾
deconstruction is interested in exploring language and revealing self-contradiction and instability
解构的兴趣在于探索语言，揭示矛盾和不稳定性。
a puzzling self-contradiction in masochism
我们再也看不到受虐狂令人不解的自相矛盾了。
Example sentencesExamples
- One is bound to point out that as a way of organizing reality, this deterministic view of the world suffers from certain fatal defects, primarily an easy susceptibility to self-contradiction.
- This is because liars must avoid self-contradictions.
- To be sure, the Times appears at least to recognize the potential for hypocrisy or self-contradiction in its statements.
- It leads them down a path of self-contradiction and alienation.
- This is the greatest self-contradiction I've heard all day.
- Setting aside the self-contradiction, what does all that mean?
- Fortunately, the logic on which this message rests is absurd to the point of self-contradiction.
- Further, self-centeredness, self-consciousness, and self-contradiction are not wholly reducible to self-delusion in these narratives.
- It is the same with the way she talks: the outrageous soundbite followed by the banal self-contradiction.
- Persistent questioning, passionate debate, direct self-contradictions, an electric atmosphere - all were there.
- He starts with a letter from a reader notable both for its irrelevance and its self-contradiction.
- The main fault I find with the book is Namaste's own self-contradiction.
- Sometimes evolutionists are so keen to attack creationists that they don't realise their self-contradictions.
- He fused two forms which often exist separately and apart, even in self-contradiction.
- That is, to be a human being means that your right to defend yourself cannot be abrogated without self-contradiction.
- Even in the opening situation of the poem, then, generic self-contradiction makes itself emphatically apparent.
- A man fully steeped in the niceties of Austrian economics might still reject these ends, and not be forced to endure the pain of self-contradiction.
- It has much more to do with the way modernity has massively increased our capacity for muddle and self-contradiction, while making it easier than ever before to live almost entirely on the surface of existence.
- Socrates plies his interlocutors with a chain of questions, and their replies trap them into self-contradiction.
- Why they need to chop it up unless they're scared of self-contradiction is beyond me.
Synonyms
unpredictability, inconstancy, lack of consistency, changeableness, variability, instability, irregularity, unevenness, unsteadiness

词汇	self-contradiction
释义	Definition of self-contradiction in English: self-contradiction noun mass noun Inconsistency between aspects or parts of a whole. 自相矛盾，前后矛盾 deconstruction is interested in exploring language and revealing self-contradiction and instability 解构的兴趣在于探索语言，揭示矛盾和不稳定性。 count noun we no longer see a puzzling self-contradiction in masochism 我们再也看不到受虐狂令人不解的自相矛盾了。 Example sentencesExamples Fortunately, the logic on which this message rests is absurd to the point of self-contradiction. The main fault I find with the book is Namaste's own self-contradiction. Persistent questioning, passionate debate, direct self-contradictions, an electric atmosphere - all were there. This is the greatest self-contradiction I've heard all day. To be sure, the Times appears at least to recognize the potential for hypocrisy or self-contradiction in its statements. It has much more to do with the way modernity has massively increased our capacity for muddle and self-contradiction, while making it easier than ever before to live almost entirely on the surface of existence. Sometimes evolutionists are so keen to attack creationists that they don't realise their self-contradictions. This is because liars must avoid self-contradictions. That is, to be a human being means that your right to defend yourself cannot be abrogated without self-contradiction. Further, self-centeredness, self-consciousness, and self-contradiction are not wholly reducible to self-delusion in these narratives. Setting aside the self-contradiction, what does all that mean? It is the same with the way she talks: the outrageous soundbite followed by the banal self-contradiction. He starts with a letter from a reader notable both for its irrelevance and its self-contradiction. Why they need to chop it up unless they're scared of self-contradiction is beyond me. He fused two forms which often exist separately and apart, even in self-contradiction. A man fully steeped in the niceties of Austrian economics might still reject these ends, and not be forced to endure the pain of self-contradiction. It leads them down a path of self-contradiction and alienation. Even in the opening situation of the poem, then, generic self-contradiction makes itself emphatically apparent. One is bound to point out that as a way of organizing reality, this deterministic view of the world suffers from certain fatal defects, primarily an easy susceptibility to self-contradiction. Socrates plies his interlocutors with a chain of questions, and their replies trap them into self-contradiction. Synonyms unpredictability, inconstancy, lack of consistency, changeableness, variability, instability, irregularity, unevenness, unsteadiness Derivatives self-contradicting adjective ˌsɛlfkɒntrəˈdɪktɪŋˌsɛlfˌkɑntrəˈdɪktɪŋ Characterized by inconsistency between aspects or parts of a whole. 自相矛盾，前后矛盾 the document is somewhat self-contradicting Example sentencesExamples an utterly self-contradicting notion He's one of the more irritating and self-contradicting protagonists in recent memory. I'm hoping those are two schools of thought, because the two principles sound pretty self-contradicting to me. Later, Aaron's story evolved into a self-contradicting eyewitness statement that eventually included an admission of his own guilt. self-contradictory adjective There seems to be something paradoxical, even self-contradictory, in the very notion of a Reformation image. Example sentencesExamples It also meant that socialism was an unstable, self-contradictory doctrine bound to fly apart in the inner contradiction between its means and ends. There is a self-contradictory paradox in Gregory's argument. Definition of self-contradiction in US English: self-contradiction nounˈˌsɛlf ˌkɑntrəˈdɪkʃənˈˌself ˌkäntrəˈdikSHən Inconsistency between aspects or parts of a whole. 自相矛盾，前后矛盾 deconstruction is interested in exploring language and revealing self-contradiction and instability 解构的兴趣在于探索语言，揭示矛盾和不稳定性。 a puzzling self-contradiction in masochism 我们再也看不到受虐狂令人不解的自相矛盾了。 Example sentencesExamples One is bound to point out that as a way of organizing reality, this deterministic view of the world suffers from certain fatal defects, primarily an easy susceptibility to self-contradiction. This is because liars must avoid self-contradictions. To be sure, the Times appears at least to recognize the potential for hypocrisy or self-contradiction in its statements. It leads them down a path of self-contradiction and alienation. This is the greatest self-contradiction I've heard all day. Setting aside the self-contradiction, what does all that mean? Fortunately, the logic on which this message rests is absurd to the point of self-contradiction. Further, self-centeredness, self-consciousness, and self-contradiction are not wholly reducible to self-delusion in these narratives. It is the same with the way she talks: the outrageous soundbite followed by the banal self-contradiction. Persistent questioning, passionate debate, direct self-contradictions, an electric atmosphere - all were there. He starts with a letter from a reader notable both for its irrelevance and its self-contradiction. The main fault I find with the book is Namaste's own self-contradiction. Sometimes evolutionists are so keen to attack creationists that they don't realise their self-contradictions. He fused two forms which often exist separately and apart, even in self-contradiction. That is, to be a human being means that your right to defend yourself cannot be abrogated without self-contradiction. Even in the opening situation of the poem, then, generic self-contradiction makes itself emphatically apparent. A man fully steeped in the niceties of Austrian economics might still reject these ends, and not be forced to endure the pain of self-contradiction. It has much more to do with the way modernity has massively increased our capacity for muddle and self-contradiction, while making it easier than ever before to live almost entirely on the surface of existence. Socrates plies his interlocutors with a chain of questions, and their replies trap them into self-contradiction. Why they need to chop it up unless they're scared of self-contradiction is beyond me. Synonyms unpredictability, inconstancy, lack of consistency, changeableness, variability, instability, irregularity, unevenness, unsteadiness
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