contradiction in terms

1. 1.

   (logic) a statement that is necessarily false

   “the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction”

   Synonymscontradiction

   Broaderfalsehood

   Narrowerantinomyparadox

   logic

Questions about contradiction in terms

What does contradiction in terms mean?

contradiction in terms means "(logic) a statement that is necessarily false".

What is another word for contradiction in terms?

Close synonyms include contradiction. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is contradiction in terms a common word?

contradiction in terms is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.