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.