"contradiction in terms" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: contradictions in terms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|contradictions in terms|head=contradiction in terms}} contradiction in terms (plural contradictions in terms)
  1. A phrase or expression in which the component words contradict one another, often unintentionally, or are claimed to do so when seen from a particular point of view. Wikipedia link: contradiction in terms Synonyms: oxymoron, contradictio in terminis Hypernyms: contradiction Translations (expression in which components contradict one another): 自相矛盾的說法 (Chinese Mandarin), 自相矛盾的说法 (zìxiāngmáodùn de shuōfǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), protimluv [masculine] (Czech), selvmodsigelse [common-gender] (Danish), contradictie (Dutch), tegenspraak (Dutch), oksimoro (Esperanto), sanonnan ristiriitaisuus (Finnish), mahdottomuus (Finnish), mahdoton ajatus (Finnish), contradiction [feminine] (French), Widerspruch in sich [masculine] (German), önellentmondás (Hungarian), fából vaskarika (Hungarian), augljós mótsögn í hugtökum [feminine] (Icelandic), contraddizione [feminine] (Italian), ossimoro [masculine] (Italian), contradictiō in terminīs [feminine] (Latin), contradictiō in adjectō [feminine] (Latin), oksymoron [masculine] (Polish), contradição em termos [feminine] (Portuguese), contradicție (frazeologică) [feminine] (Romanian), логи́ческая несообра́зность (logíčeskaja nesoobráznostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), противоре́чие (protivoréčije) [neuter] (Russian), contradicción en los términos [masculine] (Spanish), självmotsägelse (Swedish)
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      "sense": "expression in which components contradict one another",
      "word": "önellentmondás"
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      "sense": "expression in which components contradict one another",
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      "sense": "expression in which components contradict one another",
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      "sense": "expression in which components contradict one another",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "contraddizione"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "expression in which components contradict one another",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "oksymoron"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "expression in which components contradict one another",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "contradição em termos"
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      "sense": "expression in which components contradict one another",
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      "sense": "expression in which components contradict one another",
      "word": "självmotsägelse"
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