contradiction
noun
[ kɒntrəˈdɪkʃ(ə)n ]
• a combination of statements, ideas, or features which are opposed to one another.
• "the proposed new system suffers from a set of internal contradictions"
Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin contradictio(n- ), from the verb contradicere (see contradict).
contradiction in terms
• a statement or group of words associating incompatible objects or ideas.
• "she has demonstrated that the term ‘student-athlete’ isn't always a contradiction in terms"
