单词 | self-repugnant |
释义 | self-repugnantadj. 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). < adj.1660 |
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