self-contradictory
adjective
formaluk/ˌselfˌkɒn.trəˈdɪk.tər.i/us/ˌselfˌkɑːn.trəˈdɪk.tɔːr.i/expressingone thing that is theoppositeof another thing that was already said; saying two things that cannot both becorrect:
自相矛盾的He isdescribedas a Texasoilmillionaireandenvironmentalist, which mightappearto be self-contradictory.他被描述为得克萨斯州的石油大亨和环境保护者,这看来可能有些自相矛盾。
Denying & contradicting
- abnegate
- abnegation
- apparently
- backtrack
- bubble
- burstsomeone'sbubbleidiom
- contradict
- counter-argue
- Dutchman
- fly
- fly in the face ofsomethingidiom
- in the same breathidiom
- oxymoronic
- rebut
- rebuttal
- recantation
- refutation
- speak
- standsomethingonitsheadidiom
- tergiversation