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self-refutation

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -eɪʃən

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noun

Meaning 1

An act of self-refuting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences

Examples

  • 2009, Hales, Relativism and the Foundations of Philosophy I remember grappling with the self-refutation objection back in my undergraduate days in a philosophy of science course under Robert Frederick.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From self- + refutation.