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self-contradiction


  • n  contradicting yourself

  • His few attempts at concreteness tend to collapse in self-contradiction.
  • A remarkable aspect of the shift was that Romney managed it merely by changing emphasis rather than by overt self-contradiction.
  • Together they suggest a startling portrait in self-contradiction that one of the great human icons of the past 100 years, whose remarkable deeds seemed inextricably connected .
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  • Sardar Jalaloglu in TREND Information
    The Government has the recourses and opportunities for a large campaign which the opposition does not posses. The opposition is splitting due to self-contradiction and differences,Jalaloglu said.
  • President Roh in 한겨례신문
    The following day, Goh straightforwardly denounced Roh, saying that the president's remarks were an expression of his "self-contradiction and self-denial."
  • Keith Olbermann in Huffington Post (blog)
    Olbermann said that Dobbs is plagued by "the ultimate self-contradiction" - while he rails against illegal immigrants, his wife and daughters are Hispanic and his daughters are competitive horse riders, a sport that is staffed heavily by...

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