Word Meanings - SELF-CONTRADICTORY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Contradicting one's self or itself.
Related words: (words related to SELF-CONTRADICTORY)
- CONTRADICTABLE
Capable of being contradicting. - CONTRADICTIVE
Contradictory; inconsistent. -- Con`tra*dict"ive*ly, adv.. - CONTRADICTORILY
In a contradictory manner. Sharp. - CONTRADICTION
1. An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or affirmed; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; contrary declaration; gainsaying. His fair demands Shall be accomplished without contradiction. Shak. 2. Direct opposition - CONTRADICTOR
A contradicter. - CONTRADICTORINESS
The quality of being contradictory; opposition; inconsistency. J. Whitaker. - CONTRADICTORY
1. Affirming the contrary; implying a denial of what has been asserted; also, mutually contradicting; inconsistent. "Contradictory assertions." South. 2. Opposing or opposed; repugnant. Schemes . . . contradictory to common sense. Addisn. - CONTRADICT
1. To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a statement or a speaker; to impugn. Dear Duff, I prithee, contradict thyself, And say it is not so. Shak. The future can not contradict - ITSELF
The neuter reciprocal pronoun of It; as, the thing is good in itself; it stands by itself. Borrowing of foreigners, in itself, makes not the kingdom rich or poor. Locke. - CONTRADICTER
one who contradicts. Swift. - CONTRADICTIOUS
1. Filled with contradictions; inconsistent. 2. Inclined to contradict or cavil Sharp. -- Con`tra*dic"tious*ness, n. Norris. - CONTRADICTIONAL
Contradictory; inconsistent; opposing. Milton. - SELF-CONTRADICTION
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. - SELF-CONTRADICTORY
Contradicting one's self or itself.