Self-stultifying
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Self-stultifying is an adjective meaning Self-denigrating.
Meaning
Self-denigrating.
More Meanings
- (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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