self-contradictoryadjective
uk/ˌselfˌkɒn.trəˈdɪk.tər.i/us/ˌselfˌkɑːn.trəˈdɪk.tɔːr.i/formalexpressing one thing that is the opposite of another thing that was already said; saying two things that cannot both be correct:
He is described as a Texas oil millionaire and environmentalist, which might appear to be self-contradictory.
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Denying & contradicting
- abnegate
- answer
- answer (sb) back
- change your tune idiom
- debunk
- defensive
- denial
- deny
- disagree
- Dutchman
- hell
- I'm a Dutchman idiom
- nonsense
- oxymoron
- rebut
- speak for yourself idiom
- stand
- stand sth on its head idiom
- talk
- the hell sb is/does, etc. idiom
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