English-French translations for contradiction in terms

• contradiction
  Il s'agit certainement d'une contradiction dans les termes! That is surely a contradiction in terms!
  Voilà une contradiction flagrante! That is clearly a contradiction in terms.
  C’est une ambiguïté en soi, une contradiction dans les termes! It smacks of ambiguity, it is a contradiction in terms!

Definition of contradiction in terms

• 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

Synonyms

• oxymoron

Examples

• "A miniature giant" is a contradiction in terms.

Related words

• contradict
• contradictory
• contradiction
• self-contradictory
• contradictoriness
• contradictorily
• autocontradictory
• contradictory (to the original) newer statement
• proof by contradiction