self-refute
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[edit]self-refute (third-person singular simple present self-refutes, present participle self-refuting, simple past and past participle self-refuted)
- (intransitive) (of an idea or theory) To prove itself false by showing that falsehood is a logical consequence of the act or situation of holding it to be true.
- 2008, Graham Dunstan Martin, Living on Purpose: Meaning, Intention, and Value[1]:
- Moreover it is philosophical suicide, since it self-refutes.
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[edit]Self-refuting idea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia