Self-contradiction

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:59:54

Self`-con`tra*dic"tion (?), n.

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.

 

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