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self-contradict

self-contradict verb: to contradict oneself.

Verb

self-contradict (third-person singular simple present self-contradicts, present participle self-contradicting, simple past and past participle self-contradicted)

  1. (transitive, uncommon) To contradict oneself.

Forms of self-contradict

third-person singular presentself-contradicts
present participleself-contradicting
past participleself-contradicted
pastself-contradicted

Words formed from self-contradict

Questions about self-contradict

What does self-contradict mean?
Self-contradict means to contradict oneself.
What part of speech is self-contradict?
Self-contradict is a verb.
What is the past tense of self-contradict?
The past tense of self-contradict is self-contradicted.

Words near self-contradict in the dictionary

  1. self-contain
  2. self-contained
  3. self-containing
  4. self-contains
  5. self-contempt
  6. self-contradict
  7. self-contradicted
  8. self-contradicting
  9. self-contradiction
  10. self-contradictions
  11. self-contradictory

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