self-contradictory

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *swé?

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *selbaz

Old English self

Old English self-

Middle English self-

English self-

English contradictory

English self-contradictory

From self- + contradictory.

Adjective

self-contradictory (not comparable)

1. Containing multiple claims or ideas that are inherently in disagreement; of something or someone that contradicts itself.

   Antonym: self-consistent

   The statement “We agree to disagree on everything” is self-contradictory.

Related terms

• self-contradict
• self-contradiction

Translations

statements that contradict themselves

• Bulgarian: вътрешно противоречив (vătrešno protivorečiv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自相矛盾 (zh) (zìxiāngmáodùn)

• Finnish: sisäisesti ristiriitainen
• French: contradictoire (fr), qui se contredit
• German: selbstwidersprüchlich, in sich selbst widersprüchlich
• Hungarian: önellentmondó
• Japanese: 自己撞着の (jiko dōchaku no), 自己矛盾した (jiko mujun shita)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: selvmotsigende

• Polish: wewnętrznie sprzeczny
• Romanian: autocontradictoriu
• Swedish: självmotsägande (sv)

See also

• liar paradox
• oxymoron