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self-con·tra·dic·tion

self-contradiction

pronunciation:: self kan tr dIk shn

part of speech:	noun
definition 1:	an act or instance of contradicting oneself.
definition 2:	a statement, idea, or action that contains contradictory elements. Going deeply into debt to buy symbols of wealth is a self-contradiction.
derivations:	self-contradicting (adj.), self-contradictory (adj.)

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