"self-contradiction" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: self-contradictions [plural]
Etymology: From self- + contradiction. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|self|contradiction}} self- + contradiction Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} self-contradiction (countable and uncountable, plural self-contradictions)
  1. (logic) A statement that contains a contradiction, or a premise from which one could be derived Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Logic Related terms: self-contradictory Translations (Translations): itseristiriita (Finnish), Selbstwiderspruch [masculine] (German), önellentmondás (Hungarian), samozaprzecznie [neuter] (Polish), självmotsägelse [common-gender] (Swedish)

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