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矛盾撞着 (むじゅんどうちゃく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
self-contradiction
yojijukugo (four-character idiom)
A formal, literary yojijukugo meaning internal inconsistency or self-contradiction. Used in abstract or philosophical contexts. The する form is possible but rare.
その 理り 論ろん に は 矛む 盾じゅん 撞どう 着ちゃく が 含ふく ま れ て いる 。
That theory contains a self-contradiction.
Kanji 矛 halberd, arms, festival float 盾 shield, escutcheon, pretext Similar words 矛む 盾じゅん 矛盾 is the common word for contradiction. 矛盾撞着 is a rare, emphatic yojijukugo that adds 撞着 (inconsistency) for a stronger, more literary tone.
撞どう 着ちゃく 撞着 alone means inconsistency or conflict, but is rarely used independently. It appears mainly in this compound.
Etymology A yojijukugo formed from 矛盾 (contradiction, from the classical story of the spear and shield) and 撞着 (inconsistency, from 撞 'to strike' and 着 'to arrive/attach'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it is a literary compound emphasizing internal contradiction.
