APA Dictionary of Psychology

self-contradiction

Updated on 04/19/2018
n.
  1. in logic, a fundamental inconsistency between two or more premises of a single argument, such that they cannot both be true.
  2. more generally, a deep inconsistency between two or more beliefs, intentions, desires, or behaviors of an individual or of a group. —self-contradictory adj.

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