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单词 self-repugnant
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self-repugnantadj.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfrᵻˈpʌɡnənt/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfrəˈpəɡnənt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, repugnant adj.
Etymology: < self- prefix + repugnant adj. Compare earlier self-repugnance n.
Now rare.
Self-contradictory; internally inconsistent. Cf. repugnant adj. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > lack of reasoning, illogicality > [adjective] > showing contradiction > of oneself
self-contradicting1647
self-contradictory1654
self-contradictious1657
self-repugnant1660
1660 J. Tombes Romanism Discussed viii. 192 So inconsistent are this Authours sayings in one place with that he saith in another, as indeed Popish Doctrine being a Lie must of necessity be self-repugnant.
1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. vi. 339 For necessary truth to be the effect of God is a most inconsistent self-repugnant notion.
1849 R. Browning Paracelsus i, in Poems I. 15 An arbitrary self-repugnant scheme.
a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) I. xii. 218 This, at first sight, may appear like paradox: I trust you will soon admit that the counter doctrine is self-repugnant.
1937 Virginia Law Rev. 23 912 It seems impossible to imagine a case where such a result would not be self-repugnant.
2010 J. M. Bac Perfect Will Theol. xi. 461 Leydecker observes that it is not self-repugnant that God wills sin to happen, since it can be ordained..to the glory of God.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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