Meanings
nounself-refutation (plural self-refutations)
plural self-refutations
- human sciencesAn act of self-refuting.
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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self-refutation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-refutation
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