Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contradictio in terminis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
con-tra-dic-tio in ter-mi-nis
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Latin

Questions

What does contradictio in terminis mean?
contradiction in terms
Where does contradictio in terminis come from?
Latin

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