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Meaning of "self-contradictory" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SELF-CONTRADICTORY

self-contradictory  [ˌselfkɒntrəˈdɪktərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SELF-CONTRADICTORY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Self-Contradictory is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SELF-CONTRADICTORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

self-contradictory

Oxymoron

An oxymoron is a figure of speech that juxtaposes elements that appear to be contradictory. Oxymora appear in a variety of contexts, including inadvertent errors and literary oxymorons crafted to reveal a paradox.

Definition of self-contradictory in the English dictionary

The definition of self-contradictory in the dictionary is that displays inherent contradiction.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SELF-CONTRADICTORY


benedictory
ˌbɛnɪˈdɪktərɪ
charactery
ˈkærɪktərɪ
conflictory
kənˈflɪktərɪ
contradictory
ˌkɒntrəˈdɪktərɪ
directory
dɪˈrɛktərɪ
emictory
ɪˈmɪktərɪ
factory
ˈfæktərɪ
interdictory
ˌɪntəˈdɪktərɪ
introductory
ˌɪntrəˈdʌktərɪ
maledictory
ˌmælɪˈdɪktərɪ
manufactory
ˌmænjʊˈfæktərɪ
olfactory
ɒlˈfæktərɪ
rectory
ˈrɛktərɪ
refractory
rɪˈfræktərɪ
satisfactory
ˌsætɪsˈfæktərɪ
sectary
ˈsɛktərɪ
trajectory
trəˈdʒɛktərɪ
unsatisfactory
ˌʌnsætɪsˈfæktərɪ
valedictory
ˌvælɪˈdɪktərɪ
victory
ˈvɪktərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SELF-CONTRADICTORY

self-conceit
self-conceited
self-concept
self-confessed
self-confidence
self-confident
self-confidently
self-congratulation
self-congratulatory
self-conscious
self-consciously
self-consciousness
self-contained
self-containedly
self-containedness
self-contempt
self-contradiction
self-control
self-controlled
self-controlling

WORDS THAT END LIKE SELF-CONTRADICTORY

bomb factory
canning factory
dairy factory
data directory
engineering factory
ex-directory
fish factory
glass factory
glove factory
history
moral victory
munitions factory
ordnance factory
Pyrrhic victory
refectory
silk factory
street directory
sugar factory
telephone directory
the Directory
web directory

Synonyms and antonyms of self-contradictory in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «self-contradictory» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SELF-CONTRADICTORY

Find out the translation of self-contradictory to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of self-contradictory from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «self-contradictory» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自相矛盾
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contradictorio en sí mismo
570 millions of speakers

English

self-contradictory
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आत्म विरोधाभासी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

على تناقض ذاتي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

внутренне противоречивым
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

contraditória
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্ববিরোধী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

contradictoire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bertentangan dengan diri sendiri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

widersprüchlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自己矛盾の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자기 모순
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Contradictory dhewe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tự mâu thuẫn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுய முரண்பாடான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वत: ची परस्परविरोधी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kendisiyle çatışan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

auto- contraddittoria
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wewnętrznie sprzeczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

внутрішньо суперечливим
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

auto-contradictorii
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντιφατική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

self-teenstrydige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

självmotsägande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

selvmotsigende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of self-contradictory

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-CONTRADICTORY»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-CONTRADICTORY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about self-contradictory

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELF-CONTRADICTORY»

Discover the use of self-contradictory in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to self-contradictory and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Linguistic Turn: Essays in Philosophical Method
The reason that no ordinary expression is self-contradictory, is that a self- contradictory expression is an expression which would never be used to describe any sort of situation. It does not have a descriptive usage. An ordinary expression is an ...
Richard Rorty, 1992
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Place and Dialectic: Two Essays by Nishida Kitaro
When I say that what receives form gives form, I mean this self-contradictory determination of such life. Artistic intuition refers to the self-contradictory determination of technological life wherein we possess things as tools. People view artistic ...
Kitarō Nishida, 2012
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A Conceptual-analytic Study of Classical Indian Philosophy ...
Firstly, it is not at all clear how getting rid of desires would make morality cease to be self- contradictory if its self-contradictoriness is, as Mahadevan and also classical Indian philosophy, according to him, hold, a congenital feature of it.
Rajendra Prasad, 2008
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Philosophical Theories
The implication with regard to the appearances is that their corresponding realities would be self-contradictory. Can there be appearances of what is self- contradictory? Does the appearance of anything which, if it existed, would imply a  ...
Morris Lazerowitz, Alice Ambrose, 1976
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Hegel's Idea of a Phenomenology of Spirit
For different self-contradictory falsehoods might satisfy these two conditions in significantly different ways. Thus, concerning, to begin with, their role as semantically close metaphors for the truth, the degree of precision with which they play this ...
Michael N. Forster, 1998
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Thinking and Doing: The Philosophical Foundations of ...
Yet it is quite easy to conceive of a law-issuing body deliberately to formulate a self-contradictory bill, i.e., one which implies some prescription *X to do A* and the negation *X to do not A*. It is easy, for more specificity, to imagine a tyrant, set  ...
Hector-Neri Castañeda, 1975
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Berkeley's Idealism: A Critical Examination
Now if (b) were self-contradictory, then this fact would support Berkeley's position. For (b)'s self-contradictoriness would mean that the conception ofX existing but ofno one's conceiving ofXwas a self-contradictory conception. But if the ...
Georges Dicker, 2011
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Philosophy and Illusion
We can arrive at some understanding of what the philosopher is doing if we notice that the statement, 'Self-contradictory expressions have no use to convey information', is not empirical. It is of course possible to assign arbitrarily a descriptive ...
Lazerowitz, Morris, 2014
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Structural Depths of Indian Thought: Toward a Constructive ...
rope also must have a self-contradictory being. At this stage, the Advaitins use much of the destructive dialectic found in Western thought and also in Buddhism to show that none of the categories is self-consistent. Space is extension and is ...
Poola Tirupati Raju, 1985
10
An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis
meaningless, it is so for a different reason: that the sentence describing this alleged state-of-affairs is self-contradictory. Are self-contradictory statements meaningless? Some might say that they are not: "I do know," one might suggest, " what is ...
John Hospers

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SELF-CONTRADICTORY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term self-contradictory is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mets' actions will speak louder than Alderson's self-contradictory
NEW YORK — Here are two moments from Mets general manager Sandy Alderson's press conference on Thursday, which lasted 24 minutes. At one point ... «SportingNews.com, Jul 15»
2
Marco Rubio waves white flag, shifts into self-contradictory position …
For starters, it's self-contradictory to say that you oppose allowing states to ban same-sex marriage while at the same time saying you don't believe the federal ... «AMERICAblog, Jul 15»
3
Chris Panayiotou case: Magistrate accused of being biased
They claim Beeton's reasons for denying bail last month was self-contradictory and biased. The defence adds she simply ignored several important factors, like ... «Eyewitness News, Jun 15»
4
SaaS password managers are a self-contradictory absurdity
A password manager service that allows you to access your passwords via the vendor's website is absurd and self-contradictory by definition of the very problem ... «iT News, Jun 15»
5
Parakala's self-contradictory statements on Babu's audio tapes!!
However, his comments were self-contradictory. He initially said the voice in the tape was not that of Chandrababu. Later, he said different excerpts from ... «Sakshi Post, Jun 15»
6
The Self-Contradictory 'Stand' Against the PATRIOT Act
“Had the program been in place more than a decade ago, it would likely have prevented 9/11. And it has the potential to prevent the next 9/11.” So wrote Mike ... «Commentary Magazine, Jun 15»
7
JKPCC Chief GA Mir's statement absurd, self-contradictory : NC
Srinagar, May 26 (Scoop News)-National Conference on Tuesday called Pradesh Congress Committee Chief Ghulam Ahmed Mir's statement on Afzal Guru ... «Scoop News, May 15»
8
Engel: ISIS Strategy 'All Over the Place,' 'Confused,' 'Self-Contradictory'
NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel blasted the US' ISIS strategy as “all over the place,” “confused,” and “self-contradictory” on Friday's ... «Breitbart News, May 15»
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The ECP said sections 2, 3 and 4 of the presidential order were …
... polls in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas “vague and self-contradictory”. The commission, which had postponed Thursday's polling on four Fata seats, ... «DAWN.com, Mar 15»
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Seeking 'Palestine' while fighting ISIS: a self-contradictory foreign …
Normally, Washington regards Palestinian statehood and ISIS/IS aggressions as fully separate concerns. Still, it is increasingly evident that these issues are ... «The Hill, Jan 15»

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