contradiction in terms

English Thesaurus

1. (logic) a statement that is necessarily false (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	falsehood, falsity, untruth,
definition	:	a false statement (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	antinomy,
definition	:	a contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	paradox,
definition	:	(logic) a statement that contradicts itself (noun.communication)

domain category	:	logic,
definition	:	the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference (noun.cognition)