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Webster 1913 Edition


Self-contradiction

Selfˊ-conˊtra-dic′tion

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Noun.
The act of contradicting one’s self or itself; repugnancy in conceptions or in terms; a proposition consisting of two members, one of which contradicts the other;
as, to be and not to be at the same time is a
self-contradiction
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Self-contradiction

SELF-CONTRADIC'TION

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Noun.
[self and contradiction.] the art of contradicting itself; repugnancy in terms. To be and not to be at the same time, is a self-contradiction; a proposition consisting of two members, one of which contradicts the other.

Definition 2024


self-contradiction

self-contradiction

English

Noun

self-contradiction (plural self-contradictions)

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

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