self-stultifying
English
Etymology
From self- + stultifying.
Adjective
self-stultifying (not comparable)
- (philosophy) Of a statement or idea: that is inherently disproven, undermined or hindered by the very act of expressing it, but without it being a logical contradiction; self-defeating.
- It's self-stultifying for a politician to say that all politicians are liars.
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