Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SELF-CON-TRA-DIC'TION
SELF-CON-SUM-INGSELF-CON-TRA-DICT'O-RY
SELF-CON-TRA-DIC'TION, n. [self and contradiction.]
The act of contradicting itself; repugnancy in terms. To be and not to be at the same time, is a self-contradiction; a proposition consisting of two members, one of which contradicts the other.
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