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Self-contradictory

adjective

Seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true. Synonym: paradoxical.

In disagreement. Synonyms: at odds, conflicting, contradictory. "Contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness"

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Etymology of 'Self-contradictory'

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"Self-contradictory" Quotes from Famous Books

... being realized.'—MICHELET'S LUTHER."—Clark's Practical Gram., p. 133. It may require some study to learn from this which idiom it is. that these "many good writers reject:" but the grammarian who can talk of "a passive agent," without perceiving that the phrase is self-contradictory and absurd, may well be expected to entertain a "Philosophy" which is against "Authority," and likewise to prefer a ridiculous innovation to ...

— The Grammar of English Grammars • Goold Brown

Words linked to "Self-contradictory" : conflicting, incomprehensible, inexplicable, paradoxical, inconsistent