self-contradiction
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.44 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A statement that contains a contradiction, or a premise from which one could be derived.
Countable; Uncountable
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English contradiction English self-contradiction From self- + contradiction.