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Definition of Contradiction in terms
1. Noun. (logic) a statement that is necessarily false. "The statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction"
Category relationships: Logic
Specialized synonyms: Antinomy, Paradox
Generic synonyms: Falsehood, Falsity, Untruth
Definition of Contradiction in terms
1. Noun. A phrase or expression in which the component words contradict one another, often unintentionally, or are claimed to do so when seen from a particular point of view. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contradiction In Terms
Literary usage of Contradiction in terms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Persistent Problems of Philosophy: An Introduction to Metaphysics by Mary Whiton Calkins (1912)
"Fichte's teaching that reality is ultimately an absolute and singular I, which
is yet impersonal, is, in truth, a contradiction in terms. ..."
2. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1856)
"... we at once recognise this as involving a contradiction in terms, or as being
equivalent to the assertion that there can be an effect without a cause. ..."
3. The Metropolitan (1835)
"This " contradiction in terms," therefore, on which his lordship relies for proof of
... And so it is a "contradiction in terms," to say that alphitomancy ..."
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