Usually means: Contradicts itself, logically cannot coexist.
Definitions Related words Mentions
We found 19 dictionaries that define the word self-contradictory:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. self-contradictory: Merriam-Webster
  2. self-contradictory: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. self-contradictory, self-contradictory: Collins English Dictionary
  4. self-contradictory: Vocabulary.com
  5. self-contradictory: Wordnik
  6. self-contradictory: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. self-contradictory: Wiktionary
  8. self-contradictory: Dictionary.com
  9. Self-contradictory: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Self-contradictory: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. self-contradictory: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. self-contradictory: Rhymezone
  13. Self-contradictory: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. self-contradictory: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. self-contradictory: FreeDictionary.org
  16. self-contradictory: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. self-contradictory: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. self-contradictory: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. self-contradictory: Encyclopedia

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky
Definitions from Wiktionary (self-contradictory)

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

Similar:
paradoxical, contradictory, inconsistent, incomprehensible, inexplicable, conflicting, at odds, intercontradictory, contradictional, self-repugnant, more...

Opposite:
consistent, coherent, non-contradictory

Types:
self-refuting, self-defeating, self-referential, self-reflexive, more...

▸ Words similar to self-contradictory

▸ Usage examples for self-contradictory

▸ Idioms related to self-contradictory

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Popular nouns described by self-contradictory

▸ Words that often appear near self-contradictory

▸ Rhymes of self-contradictory

▸ Invented words related to self-contradictory

Similar:
paradoxical, contradictory, inconsistent, incomprehensible, inexplicable, conflicting, at odds, intercontradictory, contradictional, self-repugnant, more...

Opposite:
consistent, coherent, non-contradictory

Types:
self-refuting, self-defeating, self-referential, self-reflexive, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.


(Click a button above to see words related to "self-contradictory" that fit the given meter.)



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux