contradiction in terms
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(logic) a statement that is necessarily false
the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- logic domain topic
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | logic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | falsehood |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | antinomy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | paradox |