HyperDic: contradiction_in_terms

English > 1 sense of the expression contradiction in terms:
NOUNcommunicationcontradiction in terms, contradiction(logic) a statement that is necessarily false
English > contradiction in terms: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaning(logic) a statement that is necessarily false.
Synonymcontradiction
CategorylogicThe branch of philosophy that analyzes inference
NarrowerantinomyA contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable
paradox(logic) a statement that contradicts itself
Broaderfalsehood, falsity, untruthA false statement
Spanishcontradicción en los términos, contradicción
Catalancontradicció

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