noun
(logic) a statement that is necessarily false
-
the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction
• Syn: ↑contradiction
• Topics: ↑logic
* * *
contradiction in terms
A group of words containing a contradiction
• • •
Main Entry: ↑contradict
* * *
contradiction in terms,
a statement or phrase which is self-contradictory: »
A virtuous tyrant is a contradiction in terms (Benjamin Jowett).
* * *
a statement or group of words associating objects or ideas that are incompatible
"true fiction" is a contradiction in terms
* * *
contradiction in terms
: a phrase that contains words which have very different or opposite meanings
I think “working vacation” is a contradiction in terms.
• • •
Main Entry: ↑contradiction
————————
contradiction in terms — see ↑contradiction
• • •
Main Entry: ↑term
Useful english dictionary. 2012.