contradiction in terms

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Noun contradiction in terms has 1 sense

contradiction, contradiction in terms - (logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction"
--₁ is a kind of falsehood, falsity, untruth, false statement
--₁ has particulars: antinomy; paradox

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