what does contradiction in terms mean?
CONTRADICTION IN TERMS as NOUN
- Meaning
- (logic) a statement that is necessarily false
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Usage Example(s)
- the statement `he is brave and he is not brave” is a contradiction
Hypernyms(s) contradiction in terms is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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