self-contradictory

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As we’re seeing in Minneapolis, that view isn’t just wrong, it’s also self-contradictory.

From Salon • Jan. 16, 2026

But there is much that is historically wrongheaded, strategically unwise, and logically vague or self-contradictory in this document.

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2025

"If North Korea ever invades the South again, it will be self-contradictory, where a U.N. member state would be attacking the U.N. Command," Shin told the meeting.

From Reuters • Nov. 14, 2023

Never one for strict coherence, Mr. Jones seems to be reaching for new levels of incoherence, Mr. Friesen added, “so reactive, so self-contradictory, day to day.”

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2021

I accepted their answers too, though they were often in contradiction and even self-contradictory.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison