self-contradiction

noun

A statement that contains a contradiction, or a premise from which one could be derived.

OriginEnglish contradiction ← Middle English self- ← Old English self- →
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Meanings

nounself-contradiction (countable and uncountable, plural self-contradictions)

plural self-contradictions

  1. countableuncountablehuman sciencesA statement that contains a contradiction, or a premise from which one could be derived.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*selbaz
  4. Old Englishself
  5. Old Englishself-
  6. Middle Englishself-
  7. Englishself-
  8. Englishcontradiction
  9. Englishself-contradiction

From self- + contradiction.

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Translations

Finnish itseristiriita
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German Selbstwiderspruch
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Hungarian önellentmondás
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Polish samozaprzecznie
  • samozaprzecznieTranslations
Swedish självmotsägelse
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Cite this entry
APA

self-contradiction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-contradiction

MLA

“self-contradiction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-contradiction. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-contradiction,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-contradiction.

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