Usage of "contradiction in terms"

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(Logic) a statement that is necessarily false.

Использование термина contradiction in terms на английском

It's a contradiction in terms; the flat is the negation of motherhood. 
 A Hazard of New Fortunes — Volume 1 

So a proprietary, closed, secret operating system is a contradiction in terms. 
 In the beginning ...was the command line 

And where is our friend Mr. Wellborn-nowthere's a contradiction in terms. 
 The arms maker of berlin 

A dead State is a solecism, a contradiction in terms, an impossibility. 
 American Eloquence, Volume 4 / Studies In American Political His... 

It's either such a contradiction in terms or so unnecessary to point out. 
 The Guardian 

Disorderly music is a contradiction in terms and in physical fact. 
 The Tyranny Of Words 

An exciting development in traffic calming is a contradiction in terms, I know. 
 The Irish Times 

Besides, it's good vodka, if that's not a contradiction in terms. 
 More bitter than death: an emma fielding mystery 

Stated in the other way, it is a contradiction in terms. 
 Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 

An essential contradiction in terms meets us at the end of every enquiry. 
 The Note-Books of Samuel Butler 

An eternal contradiction in terms meets us at the end of every enquiry. 
 The Note-Books of Samuel Butler 

The hope of immortality without virtue is a contradiction in terms. 
 Zenobia; or, the Fall of Palmyra 

No Greek exhibits xenophobia, because it is a contradiction in terms. 
 The Irish Times 

The atheist was dreaming of shadowless light, a contradiction in terms. 
 The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford, Edited by his friend Reube... 

We talk of unnatural things happening, but that is a contradiction in terms. 
 The Grey Room 

SHE tried to be content, which was a contradiction in terms. 
 Main Street 

Translations for contradiction in terms

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Значения термина contradiction in terms на английском