Synonyms for "self-contradiction" (72 found)

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Closest matches (15)

aberrancyaberrationabsurdityambiguityambivalenceantinomyasymmetrydefectivenessdelusiondeviancydisproportiondisproportionatenessdistortionequivocalityequivocation

Strong matches (21)

errancyerroneousnesserrorfallaciousnessfallacyfalsenessfalsityfaultfaultinessflawflawednesshamartiaheresyheterodoxyheterogeneityhopelessnessillusionimpossibilityimpossibleimpossibleness

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incoherence

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incommensurabilityincompatibilityinconceivabilityincongruityinconsistencyinconsonanceironyirreconcilabilitymisapplicationmisconstructionmisdoingmisfeasancemisinterpretationmisjudgmentno chancenonconformabilitynonconformityoxymoronparadoxpeccancy

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perversionsinsinfulnessthe impossibleunconformabilityunconformityunimaginabilityunorthodoxyunthinkabilityuntruenessuntruthuntruthfulnesswhat cannot bewhat cannot happenwrongwrongness

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contradiction

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self-contradictself-contradictory

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5 translations across 5 languages.

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Finnish

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• itseristiriita noun (Translations)

German

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• Selbstwiderspruch noun (Translations)

Hungarian

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• önellentmondás noun (Translations)

Polish

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• samozaprzecznie noun (Translations)

Swedish

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• självmotsägelse noun (Translations)

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