self-contradictory
UK/'self,kɔntrə'diktəri/US/'self,kɔntrә'diktәri/
Definitions
adj.
Containing ideas that contradict each other; inconsistent within itself
自相矛盾的
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedself-self, own
+
contra-against, opposite
+
-oryrelating to, connected with
=self-contradictory
self- + contradictory = contradicting itself. An argument is self-contradictory when one part defeats another within the same statement.
Root dic still carries 82 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.self-contradictory statement自相矛盾的陈述
- 2.self-contradictory argument自相矛盾的论点
- 3.self-contradictory logic自相矛盾的逻辑
Example Sentences
- 1.
The policy is self-contradictory: it bans the very thing it claims to encourage.