self-contradictory

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It’s fuzzy-edged, nuanced, self-contradictory, and its pluralistic approach to the East has both a historical and a contemporary vocation.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2024

"If North Korea ever invades the South again, it will be self-contradictory, where a U.N. member state would be attacking the U.N. Command," Shin told the meeting.

From Reuters • Nov. 14, 2023

The simplest explanation for Musk's ever-more-hilarious self-contradictory behavior as the new boss of Twitter is that the man is a narcissist and a hypocrite.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2022

His decision is self-contradictory: Pittman found that the plaintiffs had standing because they could not provide public comments on student debt relief—then ruled that the administration was not required to allow public comments.

From Slate • Nov. 14, 2022

Zero and infinity made the simple acts of taking tangents and finding areas appear to be self-contradictory.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife