[mass noun]inconsistency between aspects or parts of a whole 自相矛盾,前后矛盾 deconstruction is interested in exploring language and revealing self-contradiction and instability. 解构的兴趣在于探索语言,揭示矛盾和不稳定性。 [count noun]we no longer see a puzzling self-contradiction in masochism. 我们再也看不到受虐狂令人不解的自相矛盾了。