"self-refute" meaning in English

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          "text": "Moreover it is philosophical suicide, since it self-refutes.",
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        "(of an idea or theory) To prove itself false by showing that falsehood is a logical consequence of the act or situation of holding it to be true."
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        "(intransitive) (of an idea or theory) To prove itself false by showing that falsehood is a logical consequence of the act or situation of holding it to be true."
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