ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Self-stultifying

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Self-stultifying is an adjective meaning Self-denigrating.

Meaning

Self-denigrating.

More Meanings

  1. (philosophy, of a statement or idea) That is inherently disproven, undermined or hindered by the very act of expressing it, without being a logical contradiction.

Example Sentences

It's self-stultifying for a politician to say that all politicians are liars.
[…] we have got to renounce a program that always involves humiliating self-stultifying scrambling to crawl somewhere where we are not wanted; where we crouch panting like a whipped dog.

Synonyms for self-stultifying

Depending on context, synonyms include self-defeating.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include self-repugnant, self-contradictory, self-defeating, insupportable, apagogic, stultifying.

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