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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (logic) a statement that is necessarily false;
- Example: "the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction"
[syn: contradiction, contradiction in terms]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

contradiction in terms
    n 1: (logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the
         statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a
         contradiction" [syn: contradiction, contradiction in
         terms]