self-inconsistency

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• self-contradiction — noun inconsistency between aspects or parts of a whole. Derivatives self contradicting adjective self contradictory adjective …   English new terms dictionary

• self-contradiction — n. internal inconsistency. Derivatives: self contradictory adj …   Useful english dictionary

• inconsistency — Synonyms and related words: aloofness, ambiguity, ambivalence, anarchy, antagonism, antilogy, antinomy, antipathy, antithesis, asymmetry, capriciousness, changeability, changeableness, chaos, choppiness, clashing, collision, conflict,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• self-contradiction — Synonyms and related words: aberrancy, aberration, absurdity, ambiguity, ambivalence, antinomy, asymmetry, defectiveness, delusion, deviancy, disproportion, disproportionateness, distortion, equivocality, equivocation, errancy, erroneousness,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• inconsistency — n 1. inharmoniousness, inconso nance, dissonance, discordancy, absonance; incompatibility, inconformability, incongruity; discrepancy, divergence, disagreement, difference, dissimilarity, dissimilitude. 2. inconsequence, incoherence,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• Dynamic inconsistency — In economics, dynamic inconsistency, or time inconsistency, describes a situation where a decision maker s preferences change over time in such a way that what is preferred at one point in time is inconsistent with what is preferred at another… …   Wikipedia

• ethics — /eth iks/, n.pl. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture. 2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics;… …   Universalium

• Non-aggression principle — Part of a series on Libertarianism …   Wikipedia

• Mnemic neglect — (MN) is a term used in social psychology to describe a pattern of selective forgetting, in which people tend to be poorer at recalling information that is negative with their self concept, while being unimpaired at recalling information that is… …   Wikipedia

• Cognitive dissonance — The Fox and the Grapes by Aesop. When the fox fails to reach the grapes, he decides he does not want them after all. This is an example of adaptive preference formation, which serves to reduce cognitive dissonance.[1] …   Wikipedia