self-inconsistentadj.
/ˌsɛlfɪnkənˈsɪst(ə)nt/, /ˌsɛlfɪŋkənˈsɪst(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfɪnkənˈsɪst(ə)nt/, /ˌsɛlfɪŋkənˈsɪst(ə)nt/ 1. Lacking consistency; (of a theory, system, etc.) incoherent, internally inconsistent; (of a statement, premise, etc.) contradictory.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [adjective] > inconsistent or contradictory > in itself
inconsistent1651
self-inconsistent1668
contradictory1868
oxymoronic1954
1668 G. C. in H. More Divine Dialogues To Rdr. sig. A3 As if the more perplext and self-inconsistent the Nature of God were, it were the more glorious and adorable.
1748 J. Wesley Let. 6 Feb. (1931) II. 115 The low, self-inconsistent slanders which were handed about two or three years ago.
1858 Evangelical Repository Dec. 156 He has..committed his thoughts too hastily to paper; and hence they are in many of their details immature and self-inconsistent.
1931 Columbia Law Rev. 31 1215 The premises are self-inconsistent.
2014 S. Maitzen in T. Dougherty & J. P. McBrayer Skeptical Theism xx. 285 If commonsense morality is in fact self-inconsistent, then any theory at all conflicts with it.
2. Of a person: not consistent in reasoning or behaviour.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective]
unfastc888
unstathelfasteOE
unsteadfasta1200
fleeting?c1225
changeablea1275
ficklea1275
unstablec1290
waveringc1315
flickerc1325
loose in the haftc1325
motleyc1380
unsadc1384
variablea1387
variantc1386
ticklec1400
inconstant1402
flitting1413
brittle1420
plianta1425
mutablec1425
shittle1440
shittle-witted1448
moonishc1450
unconstant1483
unfirm1483
varying?a1500
pliablea1513
fluctuant1575
changeling1577
shittle-headed1580
cheverel1583
off and on1583
chameleon-like1589
changeful1590
limber1602
unsteady1604
ticklish1606
skittish1609
startling1619
labile1623
uncertaina1625
cheverelized1625
remuant1625
fluctuate1631
fluctuary1632
various1636
contrarious1643
epileptical1646
fluxilea1654
shittle-braineda1655
multivolent1656
totter-headed1662
on and off1668
self-inconsistent1678
weathercocka1680
whifflinga1680
versatile1682
veering1684
fast and loose1697
inconsistent1709
insteadfast1728
unfixing1810
unsteadied1814
chameleonic1821
labefact1874
ballastless1884
weathercocky1886
whiffle-minded1902
1678 V. Alsop Melius Inquirendum i. i. 42 A pitiful sorry self-inconsistent Scribler he was it seems, that could not make his matters hang together.
1745 J. Wesley Answer to Rev. Church 12 They are, I believe, the most self-inconsistent People.
1855 Tait's Edinb. Mag. May 268/2 I think Mr. Bailey less frequently self-inconsistent than perhaps any other philosopher known to me.
1902 Literary World 1 Apr. 62/3 One of the most self-inconsistent and self-contradictory of modern journalists.
2013 Z. Giannopoulou Plato's Theaetetus as Second Apol. iii. 74 Socrates' critical project of showing that the relativist Protagoras is self-inconsistent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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