Usually means: Inherently self-contradictory phrase or concept.
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  1. a contradiction in terms: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  2. a contradiction in terms: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. a contradiction in terms: Idioms



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