self-contradictory

Questions about self-contradictory

What does self-contradictory mean?

self-contradictory means "seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in self-contradictory?

self-contradictory has 6 syllables: self--con-tra-dic-to-ry. The stress falls on "dic".

What is another word for self-contradictory?

Close synonyms include paradoxical, at odds, conflicting, contradictory. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is self-contradictory a common word?

self-contradictory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.