Similar words: contradiction, self-contradiction, in contradiction with, contradict, contradictory, in contradistinction to, contradistinction, contradictorily. Meaning: n. (logic) a statement that is necessarily false.
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1. A generous miser is a contradiction in terms.
2. 'Permanent revolution' is a contradiction in terms.
3. The idea is almost a contradiction in terms.
4. A 'nomad settlement' is a contradiction in terms.
5. Leadership without mutual trust is a contradiction in terms.
6. The state-imposed marketisation of the Thatcherites was a contradiction in terms.
7. A complaining Christian is a contradiction in terms.
8. It is a contradiction in terms.
9. A true woman is a contradiction in terms.
10. An angelical fiend is a contradiction in terms.
11. It'sounds like a contradiction in terms.
12. Business entertaining is a contradiction in terms.
13. A public service run for profit — a contradiction in terms if there ever was one.
14. A contradiction in terms[sentencedict.com], The New River is the oldest river in the western hemisphere.
15. Free verse is like free love; it is contradiction in terms.
16. Many people think that an honest politician is a contradiction in terms.
17. It is just too easy to dismiss the idea of ethical business as a contradiction in terms.
18. Indeed the idea of civil service leadership is a contradiction in terms within a democracy.
19. Clearly, an unreflective or uncritical citizenry would be highly undesirable as well as, strictly speaking, a contradiction in terms.
20. The problem is that there's little to offer in between; high street quality seems almost a contradiction in terms.
21. I shall suggest that there is a sense in which the very notion of a homosexual sensibility is a contradiction in terms.
22. One may say that socialist market economy is a contradiction in terms.
23. The most important instrument of dirigisme is subsidy, even though subsidy in a free market in a contradiction in terms.
24. In our business, the phrase "harmless error" is a contradiction in terms.
25. It is sometimes argued that a science of religion is a contradiction in terms.
26. A sudden snow flurry gives Nathan his first-ever view - if that is not a contradiction in terms - of a white-out.
27. He also dismissed Climate Justice Action's description of their tactics as a contradiction in terms.
28. You can't call a hedgehog cuddly – that's a contradiction in terms!
29. Hard , harsh (sentencedict .com), cold - hearted holiness is a contradiction in terms.
30. You can't call a hedgehog cuddly – that is a contradiction in terms!
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