self-refute
verbEtymology From self- + refute.
1
(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.
- Moreover it is philosophical suicide, since it self-refutes.2008, Graham Dunstan Martin, Living on Purpose: Meaning, Intention, and Value:
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- self-refutation