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Containing multiple claims or ideas that are inherently in disagreement; of something or someone that contradicts itself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- The statement “We agree to disagree on everything” is self-contradictory.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: self-consistent
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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
in disagreement- John Morley
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the figures are at odds with our findings
- contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: at odds(p), conflicting, contradictory
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- it is paradoxical that standing is more tiring than walking
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: paradoxical
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbh-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English contradictory English self-contradictory From self- + contradictory.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
вътрешно противоречив
(vǎtrešno protivorečiv)
— statements that contradict themselves
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Chinese Mandarin:
自相矛盾
(zìxiāngmáodùn)
— statements that contradict themselves
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Finnish:
sisäisesti ristiriitainen
— statements that contradict themselves
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French:
contradictoire
— statements that contradict themselves
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French:
qui se contredit
— statements that contradict themselves
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German:
selbstwidersprüchlich
— statements that contradict themselves
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German:
in sich selbst widersprüchlich
— statements that contradict themselves
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Hungarian:
önellentmondó
— statements that contradict themselves
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Japanese:
自己撞着の
(jiko dōchaku no)
— statements that contradict themselves
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Japanese:
自己矛盾した
(jiko mujun shita)
— statements that contradict themselves
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Norwegian Bokmål:
selvmotsigende
— statements that contradict themselves
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Polish:
wewnętrznie sprzeczny
— statements that contradict themselves
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Romanian:
autocontradictoriu
— statements that contradict themselves
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Swedish:
självmotsägande
— statements that contradict themselves