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List of auto-antonyms in English - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of auto-antonyms in English -- that is, words which in and of themselves have two or more generally accepted meanings in the English language that directly or generally contradict eac...
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Definition of self-contradiction from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. ... Search "self-contradiction" in:
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Being moody and impressionable, self-contradiction comes naturally and, as usual, I feel it is important to defend this character flaw as a universal virtue. Self-contradiction is an entirely reasonable response to a word under-determined by generalisation.
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For example, the term "self" seems to imply something unitary and elemental. We are who we are, right? But there are also labels and signifiers applied to us by others that may or may not fit with our sense of ourselves.
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Synopsis: Sammon’s account of Election Night is a study in self-contradiction. ... Unfortunately, Sammon’s account of Election Night is a study in self-contradiction. In fact, he gives so many contradictory accounts of what went on, it’s like Sybil helped out with his work. Mid-chapter, Sammon unambiguously says...
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by Jared Israel ... ; "Why do you bang me with a tea kettle?" ; -- Yiddish expression, used when one is assaulted with childish nonsense. ... It says that if the Aristocrats lose their privileges, society falls apart or falls prey to conspirators - indeed, it says that the effort to limit Aristocratic privilege is itself the work...
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"Pair of everything: Cosmic Equator of self-contradiction, is the absolute logic of Self-creation and Unity of All in all."-Aiya-Oba (Poet/Philosopher). Thus, x + x + 1/2x + x + 1 - x ... = 1. Where x can be any positive integer.
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