| 单词 | contradiction in terms |
| 例句 | An uncircumcised Xhosa man is a contradiction in terms, for he is not considered a man at all, but a boy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “That in itself is a contradiction in terms. No one could possibly be nice in a den like this.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But I found Izzy's mom to be a contradiction in terms. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z We laughed among ourselves at the idea of “warm” jail food; it was a contradiction in terms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The very notion of a republican king was a repudiation of the spirit of’76 and a contradiction in terms. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The idea of a peaceful, democratic revolution with complete freedom of expression was a contradiction in terms. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A comedy gig that starts with everyone standing for God Save the Queen might seem like a contradiction in terms. We Are Most Amused – review 2012-11-29T17:54:18Z Then we come to that apparent contradiction in terms, hyperacusis, where loud and therefore audible noises, like drums, instead of being welcome are truly painful. My Beethoven moment 2010-09-07T20:30:00Z But fighting for one group is a contradiction in terms. Why women shouldn't be campaigning for equal pay 2010-09-24T06:00:00Z Fractured and Ferocious A “reform of the Curia” is probably a contradiction in terms. Author rattles Jewish leaders 2012-06-21T21:17:00Z One section is titled “Prep sex: A contradiction in terms.” The ‘Preppy Handbook’ & Me 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z Even the name — “Memorial Museum” — is something of a contradiction in terms. Sept. 11 Memorial Museum’s Fraught Task: To Tell the Truth 2012-06-02T16:26:23Z And second, to argue that, if complexity can arise only in this way, there is no need of a complex God in the first place—in fact, it is a contradiction in terms. Atheism’s radical new heroes: Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and an evolving new moral view 2014-03-02T17:00:00Z At first glance, animated documentaries may seem like a contradiction in terms. "Flee": Animation is a powerful medium for documentaries about conflict and refugees 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z This contradiction in terms has preoccupied artists for millenniums. 3 Exhibitions Where Art Melds With Dance 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z The debate about whether communist parties ought to have a standing army, and whether or not a "people's army" is a contradiction in terms, is an old one. Arundhati Roy | Gandhi, but with guns | Part Two 2010-03-27T09:00:00Z "The Talent Show," a group exhibit at the Henry Art Gallery, isn't so much about talent as unwitting performance and — a curious contradiction in terms — private performance. The Henry's 'The Talent Show' winks at the camera 2011-07-07T19:29:04Z For instance, Bronx EcoAdventure may seem like a contradiction in terms, but the borough is 24 percent parkland, according to Doris Quinones, the council’s executive director. Rediscovering the Natural Side of the Bronx 2010-10-07T21:58:00Z But best of all, The Sting is a wonderfully moral movie – if that’s not a contradiction in terms for a story of rank deception. My favourite best picture Oscar winner: The Sting 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z “Highbrow genre fiction” might sound like an oxymoron, a contradiction in terms, but it’s not. Review | Forget the bestseller list: These lesser-known works deserve your attention 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z “A modest superhero picture may sound like a contradiction in terms,” A. O. Scott wrote in his review for The Times. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ and ‘Incredibles 2’ 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z In its combination of precision and exuberance the show matches the spirit of Environmental Communications itself, whose work always a cultural contradiction in terms, a carefully indexed card catalog of scruffy, genial radicalism. L.A. in the 1970s: A visual and architectural treasure trove at LAXART 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Tough one, because being in the “supportive listener” role for someone who is oblivious to their own culpability is a contradiction in terms. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A spouse’s silence is the opposite of supportive 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z And it is frequently treated as a joke by people who have no interest in Cage’s philosophical approach to music and for whom a piece of silent music is, by definition, a contradiction in terms. John Cage Recital? Take the A Train 2012-08-08T15:24:32Z It's a contradiction in terms, but it sort of works: fey brostep. New band of the day – No 1,315: Stubborn Heart 2012-07-24T15:59:00Z So perhaps my perspective is skewed, but I must ask – isn't competitive baking a contradiction in terms? Review: The Great British Bake-Off 2010-08-18T09:39:00Z And if you see "poetic" only as a positive value judgment, the idea of bad poetry must be a contradiction in terms. On Poetry by Glyn Maxwell – review 2012-07-13T21:55:02Z "Conceptual Craft," the name of a spirited show at Denk Gallery in downtown Los Angeles, might seem at first to be a contradiction in terms. 'Conceptual Craft' at Denk Gallery: The wood chair returned to nature and other heady ideas 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z Each one seems like a contradiction in terms: a black Audi parked in the nave, a bookcase at the foot of a column. Architectural appeal remains as Italy's deconsecrated churches rise again 2013-01-01T12:33:38Z It sounds like a contradiction in terms, but might just be possible. ‘No tricks. No mantras. I just want to learn how to do nothing’: my quest to stay still 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z An unguarded politician is a contradiction in terms, where oversharing is a comic's stock in trade: You take your darkest garbage and spread it around on the table for a laugh. Just a chat with your friendly neighborhood president 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z The idea of filmed theater is a contradiction in terms. Movie Review: Spalding Gray on Video in ‘Wooster Group’s Rumstick Road’ 2014-04-30T21:34:06Z At his best, he’s both: a contradiction in terms. Review: A Doug Elkins Program Is Charming, Trivial Dance Soup 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z A modest superhero picture may sound like a contradiction in terms, but really it is a welcome respite. Movie Review: In ‘The Wolverine,’ Hugh Jackman Broods Again 2013-07-25T21:12:49Z The rest of the program is pure P. D. Q. Bach, if that is not a contradiction in terms. Peter Schickele Brings P.D.Q Bach Back to the Stage 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z When the choreographer Martha Graham added men to her company, it struck many as a contradiction in terms. The Ambiguous Layers of Martha Graham’s ‘El Penitente’ 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Where things are headed, with many suburbs ranking high in walkability and other public amenities once considered the province of cities, he doesn’t think it is a contradiction in terms. Welcome to suburbia: the millennials done with city life – and city prices 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z “Family comedy” might strike some as a contradiction in terms: Can you really amuse both children and grown-ups? Events for Children in NYC This Week 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z To stride backward sounds like a contradiction in terms; Ms Gerring’s dancers make it seem natural. Review: Liz Gerring’s ‘Horizon,’ Exuberantly Athletic, Has Its Premiere 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z A comedy about terrorism might sound like a contradiction in terms, but in the new Royal Court play “B,” you may find that absurdism offers an entirely legitimate response to our anxious times. On London Stage, Absurdity and Terrorism Aren’t Mutually Exclusive 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Since frivolous means “lacking in seriousness” — also lightweight, flippant, of little weight or importance — that would seem a contradiction in terms. On the Frivolities of Ballet, the Contradictory Art 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Constitutional law scholar John Hart Ely once scoffed that “ ‘substantive due process’ is a contradiction in terms — sort of like ‘green pastel redness.’ Perspective | After the Supreme Court’s Abortion Ruling, What Could Happen to Other Unwritten Rights? Similarly, the claim that thriving multiethnic democracy is a contradiction in terms may come as news to citizens of places like Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, Ghana and Botswana — often-cited examples of successful diverse democracies. Review | What can stop a diverse democracy from tearing itself apart? 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z “So to be investing in kind of carbon intensive industries that are contributing more to climate change would be kind of a contradiction in terms.” How much of your insurance premiums are being invested in fossil fuels? 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z FOR SOME, THE idea of environmentally conscious contemporary art is a contradiction in terms. How Should Art Reckon With Climate Change? 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Units were sent over there and given tasks like occupying cities and training Iraq's reconstituted army while suffering as few casualties as possible, which was a contradiction in terms because they were in a war. Ukraine and the dark lessons of war: What does it mean to “take” a country or a city? 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z A woke librarian, then, is a contradiction in terms. Opinion | The Battle for the Soul of the Library 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z It is an amazing contradiction in terms in that it creates huge flowers that bloom at night. Finding camellias, figs, lemons — and herself — in a magical patio garden 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z "Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die." Memorial Day: 15 patriotic quotes to remember the sacrifice of our fallen heroes 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z Other honor committee members reported that officers at the academy had been "using cadets' honor against them," which sounds like a contradiction in terms but isn't. Another scandal at West Point: Where secrecy comes before honor 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z A liberal arts university without philosophers is a contradiction in terms, but a Wesleyan university without a department of religion is an exercise in self-mockery. Student debt and the end of the liberal arts dream 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z The event I was attending was a CNBC-sponsored program titled “Growth in the Heartland,” a contradiction in terms for most of the past half-century, but now a real phenomenon and a possible long-term trend. Opinion | Why the Midwest is seeing a resurgence 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z A state outreach office that the public isn’t aware of seems a contradiction in terms. NE-Editorial Roundup 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z Her “foreign policy for all” is a contradiction in terms: protecting some American interests on the global stage will require undermining others. Traditional 'foreign policy' no longer exists. Democrats are the last to know | David Adler and Ben Judah 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Yet as Nelson writes, “Contemporaries in East and West were willing to agree: feminine rule was a contradiction in terms.” Review | Searching for the man behind the legend of Charlemagne 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z The result was what critic Robert Christgau later termed “that unprecedented and probably unsustainable contradiction in terms, mass bohemia.” Woodstock glorified them. Tarantino barbecued them. In 2019, whither the hippie? 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z But illiberal democracy is a contradiction in terms. Europe must stop this disgrace: Viktor Orbán is dismantling democracy | Timothy Garton Ash 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z “The Dead Don’t Die” is an all-star zombie flick, which is something of a contradiction in terms. “The Dead Don’t Die” Does the Zombie Genre to Death 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z “If the real goal is to get dangerous criminals off the street, it seems like this is a sort of contradiction in terms of priorities and focus.” Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Has Blunted Police Efforts to Be Tough on Crime 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z “Receiving the pope but not praying with him is a contradiction in terms,” said Tamara Grdzelidze, professor of Ecumenical Theology and visiting fellow at St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto. Pope on sensitive trip to Orthodox Bulgaria and North Macedonia 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z Her point is that this isn’t necessarily a contradiction in terms. Reason Gets Lovesick in Lena Andersson’s Fiction 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Given current state of the art technology, engineering a vehicle that is both sufficiently survivable and mobile seems, in some respects, to be a contradiction in terms. Army considers German-built future armored combat vehicles 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z But their alliance with a man frequently and widely accused of racism, who effectively launched his political career by questioning whether Barack Obama was born in America, appears to some observers a contradiction in terms. John James: ‘Battle-tested, ready to lead’ … and a black American for Trump 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z In her speech Mrs Clinton described Hungary's democracy as a "masquerade", saying "illiberal democracy is a contradiction in terms". Why is Hillary Clinton criticising the Tories? 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z And, no, it’s not a contradiction in terms. Easy does it: seven simple new Yotam Ottolenghi recipes 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z The composer-scholar George E. Lewis has noted that the idea of a black avant-garde—or, for that matter, of a black classical composer—is often considered a contradiction in terms. The Sounds of Music in the Twenty-first Century 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z This is, of course, a contradiction in terms. Opinion | Meritocracy is under attack 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z “You can’t be the President of Mexico and have a pragmatic relationship with Trump—it’s a contradiction in terms,” González said. A New Revolution in Mexico 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Strachey presented Arnold as an “earnest enthusiast” who, in his efforts to make his pupils Christian gentlemen, merely insured that the English schoolboy with no interest in soccer became “a contradiction in terms.” How We Watch Soccer Now 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z It is no great revelation to suggest that some things, particularly in golf, are confusing, a contradiction in terms, a breakdown of the natural order, intellectual and emotional chaos. This year's can't-miss, sure-fire choice to win the U.S. Open (except that now we've jinxed him) - Golf Digest 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z Organic bacon produced with nitrates sounds like a contradiction in terms, given that most consumers of organic food buy it out of concerns for food safety. Yes, bacon really is killing us 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Not to get too dialectical about it, but the title "The Young Karl Marx" sounds like a contradiction in terms. 'The Young Karl Marx' explores the unexpected early days of a revolutionary historical figure 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z The term digital anthropology sounds like a contradiction in terms. The Anthropology of Social Media 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z A “right-wing worker’s party” is a contradiction in terms. Opinion | Is There Life After Liberalism? 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z Perhaps because 'Trump' and 'Soho' is a contradiction in terms. Trump Organization Will Exit From Its Struggling SoHo Hotel in New York 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z To be surrounded on three sides is a contradiction in terms, unless, of course, the parcel is triangular, and in that case it becomes repetitive. Opinion | Feeling surrounded by a persistent pet peeve 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z Shortly after the law was changed, the Midwives' Journal's front page carried a photo of a man holding a baby, above the headline: "Male midwives: A contradiction in terms?" I'm a man and a midwife. Are you OK with that? 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z If that sounds like a contradiction in terms, that’s because it is. Opinion | Why the majority keeps losing on guns 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z To be fair for a brief second or two, the notion of Trump’s communications director is obviously a contradiction in terms. Exit Spicey, enter the Mooch: another day in Trump's tragicomic America 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z Mr Blair said Labour's vision of a "jobs first" Brexit outside the single market was a "contradiction in terms". Brexit: EU could be flexible over movement, Blair says - BBC News 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Schwartz continued: “Truthful hyperbole is a contradiction in terms. It’s a way of saying, ‘It’s a lie, but who cares?’” Trump’s barrage of lies is nothing new: Lying has been at the heart of Republican politics for 50 years 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z “For many people, it’s a contradiction in terms — homeless college student,” said Paul Toro, a psychology professor at Wayne State University. Thousands of college students may be homeless or precariously housed, studies suggest 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z “For many people it’s a contradiction in terms — homeless college student,” said Paul Toro, psychology professor at Wayne State University. Homeless college students a growing concern on campuses 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z “For many people it’s a contradiction in terms - homeless college student,” said Paul Toro, psychology professor at Wayne State University. Homeless college students a growing concern on campuses 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z There was 1970s American disco music and cheesy French pop — two adjectives often believed to be a contradiction in terms. 'Oui, oui, oui!': At Marine Le Pen's victory party when she won a spot in France's presidential runoff 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z But history demonstrates that “billionaire populist” isn’t necessarily a contradiction in terms. Yes, Trump’s Cabinet is super rich. That’s not why we should be worried. 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z If the term “German comedy” sounds like a contradiction in terms, then “German comedy set in Romania” might strike you as downright perverse. Comedy and heartache make perfect bedfellows in the magnificent German comedy 'Toni Erdmann' 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z The one good thing about an International of nationalists is that it’s ultimately a contradiction in terms. Populists are out to divide us. They must be stopped | Timothy Garton Ash 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Remember when “Texas defense” wasn’t a contradiction in terms? Deep through the heart of Texas: When a defense turns offensive 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z As Schwartz defines it, “‘Truthful hyperbole’ is a contradiction in terms. 5 things we learned from “Art of the Deal” ghostwriter Tony Schwartz’s New Yorker tell-all 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z He added, “ ‘Truthful hyperbole’ is a contradiction in terms. Donald Trump’s Ghostwriter Tells All 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z Blondies are brownies without the chocolate — the cocoa is replaced with lots of brown sugar, vanilla and often nuts — which for many people is a kind of contradiction in terms. Recipe: Sticky Toffee Blondies with Sea Salt and Roasted Pecans 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Surely to say it was illegal was an obvious contradiction in terms? The mystery of the 'legal name fraud' billboards - BBC News 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z Blondies are brownies without the chocolate — the cocoa is replaced with lots of brown sugar, vanilla and often nuts — which for many people is a kind of contradiction in terms. How to make Cake Monkey's sticky toffee blondies 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z That sounds like a contradiction in terms — if they can’t “manage” Trump then it’s hard to see how this race isn’t going to be a challenge since the man is a walking time bomb. Trump’s a walking time bomb: Don’t be fooled by his “victory,” he can implode his own campaign at any moment 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Death is inevitable; yesterday’s high temperature at “the forefront of climate change” was in the mid-40s; and “If you are anti-immigrant, you are not welcome here” is an obvious contradiction in terms. Cruz Gets a Bronx Cheer 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Blondies are brownies without the chocolate — the cocoa is replaced with lots of brown sugar, vanilla and often nuts — which for many people is a kind of contradiction in terms. Recipe: Sticky Toffee Blondies with Sea Salt and Roasted Pecans 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Jeff, our guide, agrees that commissioned graffiti is in some ways a contradiction in terms. Can Bogotá's state-sanctioned street art survive a crackdown by the new mayor? 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z To hear the Texas Republican tell it, there’s such a thing as precision, “directed” carpet bombing, which is a contradiction in terms. A foreign-policy party no more 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Leasing may not be cheaper, but it is more affordable—not a contradiction in terms. Used-Car Wave May Weigh on Detroit 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Lee Kuan Yew once told us that what China’s leaders called their nation’s “peaceful rise” was a contradiction in terms. Interview: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Mind you, cheap champagne is something of a contradiction in terms. The Prosecco Panic: A Case Of Market Manipulation 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z If big-time college athletics is a contradictions in terms, the gods gave us Kentucky to make sure we understand that. 31st NBA Franchise--Kentucky--Proudly Announces Its Team Is Going Pro 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z But time and critical acclaim have combined to create an indie-rock canon—it is no longer a contradiction in terms to talk about classic indie rock. Katie Crutchfield’s Musical Memoirs 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z It’s that wonderful contradiction in terms: the individual team game. ‘This is who Harp is’ 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z For most of my life, a God that was “real” seemed a contradiction in terms. My atheist search for God: We’re debating science and religion all wrong 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z Not so long ago, the idea of Catholic environmentalism would have struck some as a contradiction in terms. The Environment's Pope 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z “Once you see him perform,” Powledge continued, “you realize that he also seems dangerous, which, for a poet, may be a contradiction in terms.” LIFE With the 'Lizard King': Photos of Jim and the Doors, 1968 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z That may sound like a contradiction in terms, but it is not. 'Excessive, Inflammatory, Contrary To Good Corporate Governance' 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z That used to be a contradiction in terms if you were using a navigational system. SungardASVoice: 10 Technologies To Be Thankful For During Holiday Travel Season 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z To many in a U.S. audience the idea of female entrepreneurs sounds like a contradiction in terms. Doing Business As A Female Entrepreneur In The United Arab Emirates 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z The possibility of such a thing as “bad profits” is a contradiction in terms. How To Succeed In Business By Really Trying 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z “Overwhelming self defense” is another bizarre and disturbing contradiction in terms. Why right-wing Christians are actively promoting genocide 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z For those of a certain age who grew up here, it’s a contradiction in terms. For old fans of Senators, Washington baseball success is a contradiction in terms But if Israeli liberals are embattled, they are not walking contradictions in terms. How to Be a Liberal Zionist 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z In my view, a large microgrid is a contradiction in terms. My Microgrid's Bigger Than Yours 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z I’m not sure I’ve ever heard a greater contradiction in terms than the suggestion that hereditary power symbolises equality. I want to be Canadian – but why should I have to swear allegiance to the Queen? 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Everyone I told I was attending what the invitation called a “pro-life gala” on Wednesday night made some version of the same joke: Wasn’t that a contradiction in terms? Susan B. Anthony List’s ‘pro-life gala’ had progressive undertones 2014-03-13T23:17:38Z To them, Christian rock was a contradiction in terms. “Hipster” Christianity: 9 hilarious attempts by the religious right to be cool 2014-02-21T13:39:00Z D.I.Y. on a wide scale used to be a contradiction in terms. | Fixes: Playing With Toys and Saving Lives 2014-01-29T15:00:48Z Male breadwinner was a contradiction in terms—there was no such thing. There Is No Such Thing as the ‘Male Breadwinner’ 2013-09-23T11:25:42Z Is compulsory voting in a democracy a contradiction in terms? Australia election: Why is voting compulsory? 2013-08-27T01:37:47Z Recreational mathematics may sound like a contradiction in terms, but this three-day conference promises some serious number play. The Scan: Science Events: Math Games, Bugs and Cloud Machines 2013-07-29T16:55:56Z But an open hearing on intelligence matters is something of a contradiction in terms.” James Clapper’s ‘least untruthful’ statement to the Senate 2013-06-12T10:00:00Z But sales bans over standards-essential patents are a contradiction in terms; SEPs are meant to be licensed freely, and not "infringing" an SEP would mean not conforming with the standard. Boot up: iPhone 4's US ban, Obama's troll-chasing, Lego + Sony, and more 2013-06-05T06:30:00Z You think that expansionary fiscal contraction – the economic idea used to justify austerity – is a contradiction in terms. Britain is a lab rat for George Osborne's austerity programme experiment 2013-05-26T12:05:32Z Data protection is a blazing contradiction in terms. The digital revolution? It's all a gift to the power of the state 2013-05-15T06:00:40Z Science as a cause may sound like a contradiction in terms, and in many ways it is. America’s research adviser: Science's go-to guy 2013-02-27T18:20:54.603Z The bookless library is not a contradiction in terms, but a continuation of the library's core purpose, providing access to knowledge and information, and a public statement of the value of that access. It's not what a library stocks, it's what it shares 2013-02-17T00:05:14Z In the electoral dictatorship now developing in the United States – and no, that isn’t a contradiction in terms – you can find sterling examples of such Newspeak and doublethink. How do you explain drone killings? With post-Orwellian “Newspeak” 2013-02-09T17:00:00Z Hindu extremism was always a contradiction in terms. comes in innumerable different forms and traditions, and you have to struggle hard to find Hindu texts or training which demand a fundamentalist version of faith. Viewpoint: How India moved on from Ayodhya 2012-12-06T02:55:47Z What we know from these studies is that Westerners believe that energy development and habitat protections are not contradictions in terms. Green Blog: Q&A: Back to the Future With Environmental Bipartisanship 2012-10-22T13:45:23Z Nations without a past are contradictions in terms. Eric Hobsbawm in quotes 2012-10-01T16:24:00Z On this theory, the “knowledge” that an individual communicates to others is merely information: “explicit knowledge” is a contradiction in terms. Can Knowledge Be Collected? Lessons From The Health Sector 2012-10-01T15:59:41Z Celebrity chef is basically a contradiction in terms. Celebrity or Chef? You Can?t Really Be Both 2012-05-15T10:00:06Z The fact is, that although it may seem a contradiction in terms, yet Ma�tre Jerome was never so much in his own character as when he was personating somebody else. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z Many think that a readable sermon is a contradiction in terms. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z A fretful, complaining Christian is a contradiction in terms. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z The reformer's idea of the Church is here entangled in a contradiction in terms. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z It is as though the words "married priest" were a contradiction in terms, and the relation implied by them was a sort of manifest incompatibility, half comic, half disgusting. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z That fallible human perversity may be more powerful than omnipotent intent is a contradiction in terms. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z Potentiality is no existence, no reality; actual potentiality is a contradiction in terms. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z At the same time a suffering Messiah was a contradiction in terms, unspeakably repulsive to a Jew. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Indeed a Stoic woman is a contradiction in terms. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z To expect exalted humour is a contradiction in terms.... Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z To tell me that my body dies and that yet my life continues is a contradiction in terms. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z Recently a justice of the Supreme Court of New York has handed down a decision that "peaceful picketing" is a contradiction in terms. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z It is a moral impossibility—a mere contradiction in terms—to say that good, honest, and true men practised a gross and willful deception upon the world. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z He contended that it is a contradiction in terms to call anything a revelation that comes to us second-hand, either verbally or in writing. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 1 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:59.847Z It is a contradiction in terms and ideas to call anything a revelation that comes to us at second- hand, either verbally or in writing. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z Do you know that the words cheap money are a contradiction in terms? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z Indeed, it would be a contradiction in terms to consider the father and son, wherever born, as belonging to different races. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, November 1864 2012-02-04T03:00:16.007Z Now, it seems to me that an infinite personality is a contradiction in terms, says "I." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z At first it seemed a contradiction in terms. India Ink: A New York Times Editorial on India's Eighth Republic Day 2012-01-26T10:48:56Z The idea of a free best-seller list is a contradiction in terms. Bits Blog: Best Sellers From a Vanished World 2012-01-24T17:57:39Z The dictum of a modern humourist, that to laugh at a man properly you must first love him, would have seemed to an ancient Roman a contradiction in terms. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z A third proposition was that there could not be what, if it be not a contradiction in terms, we will call a one-sided correspondence. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z To name it would be to destroy it, and yet it pretends to be something real, a contradiction in terms. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z Now, a kingdom without unity is a contradiction in terms, and a kingdom of God on earth, which cannot be seen, would be for spirits and not for men. St. Peter, His Name and His Office As set forth in holy scripture 2011-11-28T03:00:25.013Z Others say the idea of an egalitarian monarchy is a contradiction in terms. First Come, First Crowned: The British Monarchy Gets Modern 2011-10-31T06:00:00Z He contended that it is a contradiction in terms to call anything a revelation that comes to us at second-hand, either verbally or in writing. An Oration On The Life And Services Of Thomas Paine 2011-10-12T02:00:44.510Z Strictly speaking, I am unaware of anything that has a right to the title of an impossibility, except a contradiction in terms. Psychical Miscellanea Being Papers on Psychical Research, Telepathy, Hypnotism, Christian Science, etc. 2011-10-01T02:00:35.717Z For people who don't think "a good maul" is a contradiction in terms, life's about to get good. Can Rugby's New Zealand Stars Finally Bring Home the World Cup? 2011-09-08T10:55:00Z To them the words subject and free are, politically speaking, a contradiction in terms; and, in the same way, the statement that all citizens are equal is pure nonsense, and contradicted by Nature every hour. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z A repeated sacrifice and perfect remission are an absolute contradiction in terms. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z It may be asked whether it is possible for man to really lie to himself, and if it is not rather a contradiction in terms. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z U.S. law enforcement can place no reliance on Scotland Yard intelligence, which turns out to be a contradiction in terms. Rupe?s Hacks Dodge Flak 2011-07-25T05:00:00Z Each year we creep a little nearer to our goal, only to find that a finished teacher is a contradiction in terms. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z It is a contradiction in terms: for while it's possible for a particular company or cartel to be too powerful, the idea that the institution of the press is too powerful is Orwellian. The phone-hacking scandal must not be used to rein in the press 2011-07-14T16:49:15Z The idea of this contradiction in terms struck me as so exquisitely ludicrous, that I laughed aloud. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z By the very exposition itself a miracle is a contradiction in terms: a law cannot at the same time be immutable and violated. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z He was supposed to be that contradiction in terms, 'a Tory Home Ruler,' but he was only a high-minded gentleman who made a genuine attempt to deal with the Irish problem. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z That would be a contradiction in terms; the believer would cease to be a believer. An Autobiography 2011-05-21T02:00:10.850Z It sounds like a kind of contradiction in terms. Mirror of the Months 2011-05-21T02:00:10.227Z This may seem to be a contradiction in terms; but the fact is, while the upper surface seems tranquil enough, there is a strong rapid undercurrent. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z Such a denial, as Edwards says, involves a contradiction in terms. An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will 2011-04-14T02:00:52.727Z Besides, the Manichean conception of an intrinsically evil cause, a cause that could produce only evil, is a contradiction in terms. Ontology or the Theory of Being 2011-04-01T02:00:38.727Z To one delicately alive to the value of words and the shades of thought, it is a mere contradiction in terms. Literature in the Elementary School 2011-02-23T03:00:31.073Z And some misguided critics assert that the term prose poetry is a hybrid and a contradiction in terms. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z People thought wireless broadband was a contradiction in terms and it may end up being the dominant form of broadband. Steve Forbes Interview: Gilder On Tech Innovation 2011-02-14T05:42:03Z We have already seen, that a caused volition is no volition at all;—that a necessary agent is a contradiction in terms. An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will 2011-04-14T02:00:52.727Z Insisting that sustainable consumption was not a contradiction in terms, he said the challenge was to move away from a model based on fossil fuels. Davos 2011: Tesco boss boosts hopes of pickup in UK economy 2011-01-27T14:34:57Z Rather, they show why "Social Security trust fund" is a contradiction in terms. New tax law reveals the mirage of the Social Security trust fund 2010-12-21T00:04:01Z For those in the world of vogue who might sniff that mass fashion is a contradiction in terms, Ohama promises an even more brazen idea, which he calls "runway wars." Special Report: Seven Samurai of new Japan Inc 2010-12-16T12:37:05Z “I felt it was a contradiction in terms to have him here,” she said. Equatorial Guinea?s President Seeks a New Image 2010-06-29T01:10:00Z We are also convicted of a contradiction in terms. An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will 2011-04-14T02:00:52.727Z There are those who think Soumillon too much of a showman but in an entertainment industry that is surely a contradiction in terms. Greg Wood: Royal Ascot reaches bumper finale 2010-06-21T20:13:00Z The Ibiza is more a cool hatch, which is of course a contradiction in terms, in particular when the hatch in question is a diesel. On the road: Seat Ibiza 5dr FR TDI 2010-06-11T23:02:00Z Robson was the quintessential player's player and a leader who defied those who believe the art of captaincy in football is a contradiction in terms. Rob Bagchi: Injured captains, from Robson to Rio 2010-06-08T23:06:00Z Limited whaling and preservation of these species is a contradiction in terms. Decision time 2010-06-07T17:27:00Z The whole notion, of Corporate Social Responsibility, after all, is seen by some as, at best, an opportunistic smokescreen — and at worst a fundamental contradiction in terms. Green Inc. Column: Can Business Do the Job All by Itself? 2010-03-28T15:11:00Z He projected himself as a democratic strongman — a contradiction in terms that convinced few of his countrymen. In Iraq, Former U.S. Frontman Allawi Wins -- But Will He Rule? 2010-03-26T22:15:00Z Such a statement sounds like a contradiction in terms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" About this time Sydney suggested to Jeffrey and Brougham the foundation of a Liberal Quarterly—in those days a contradiction in terms—which was named the Edinburgh Review after the town of its birth. Springtime and Other Essays The latter titles smacked indeed of the contradiction in terms, but their equal truth merely emphasised the altogether exceptional character of our heroine. The Shadow of a Man It is typical oratory of the day—ponderously graceful, if that is not a contradiction in terms. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses Stephen Foster was one of that idle craft, who, having no particular occupation, was from this circumstance, by a contradiction in terms, usually called a man of all work. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency The method was indeed elaborated and became, like the Jewish, that contradiction in terms—a compulsory system of charitable relief. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" Our only definition of law is, a sequence that is constant; deny its constancy, and you deny it to be law; it is a mere contradiction in terms to speak of a law that changes. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 Indeed, such a phrase is a contradiction in terms. The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews Where the reproduction of manners becomes the primary purpose of a play, its effect can only be of an inferior kind; and a drama purely of manners is a contradiction in terms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" But, as he has termed them elegies, under that heading let them be considered, though a humorous or mock elegy is somewhat of a contradiction in terms. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series One more step will raise it to Treble Bass; but that will be a contradiction in terms, and absolutely ridiculous. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) In fact, it claims this is an un-Rell like type of intelligence, though that appears to be a contradiction in terms. The Hitch Hikers It is conscious, and an "unconscious feeling" would be a contradiction in terms. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life No one is now astonished at the absurd contradiction in terms involved in speaking of "Christian warfare." The Forerunners This is to suppose an effect without a cause, and, of course, is a contradiction in terms. Thoughts on African Colonization In some country places there is an idea that a woman can be "Churched" at home, which is a contradiction in terms. The Church Handy Dictionary “Then the sufficient grace, which is not efficacious, is a contradiction in terms, and worse, a heresy!” triumphantly cried the Jesuits, exulting over their adversaries. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 It is a conscious state, however; an "unconscious emotion" would be practically a contradiction in terms. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life A carefully worked-up sketch is a contradiction in terms, just as a careless study would be. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors Such a man cannot in fact be forced to a contradiction in terms, but only to a contradiction, or rather an infringement, of the fundamental maxim of ratiocination, viz. Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic The contradiction in terms known as the Christian Socialist is inevitably antagonistic to working-class interests and the waging of the class struggle. Communism and Christianism Analyzed and Contrasted from the Marxian and Darwinian Points of View This is called a pointed arch, which is a contradiction in terms: it ought to be called a curved gable; but it must keep the name it has got. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) Any truly intelligent being which did not obey the Law and follow the Ritual would be a contradiction in terms. Anything You Can Do! Charles was soon after allied with the abominable Bernard d’Armagnac, even betrothed or married to a daughter of his, called by a name that sounds like a contradiction in terms, Bonne d’Armagnac. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) To be sure the pundits would say that this is to misuse and play with words; to perpetrate a contradiction in terms. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography Of course, there are generalisations possible in literature, and to such I may return presently; but scientific criticism of literature must always be a contradiction in terms. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 Didactic poetry is a mistake if not a contradiction in terms. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) A dead God is a contradiction in terms; a Christ who died is the hope of humanity. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology A radical aristocrat is a contradiction in terms. Marion Fay To myself, as to most people, a religion without a God is a contradiction in terms. Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications But a middle distance of Hobbima's involves a contradiction in terms; it states a distance by perspective, which it contradicts by distinctness of detail. Modern Painters Volume I (of V) It is also charged against the doctrine of the Trinity, “that it is a contradiction in terms, and therefore essentially incredible.” Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors His great-niece, who seemed such a contradiction in terms, being as little and vivid personally as she was nominally large and stately, opened the door and advanced upon him. Imaginary Interviews Others there are, again, who consider wooden architecture to be almost a contradiction in terms. The Empire of the East A proud Christian is a contradiction in terms. The Mind of Jesus Not only biologically but sociologically complete isolation is a contradiction in terms. Introduction to the Science of Sociology If, therefore, the word “person” is to be taken according to the common use of the phrase, the doctrine of the Trinity would be evidently a contradiction in terms. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors A transitive verb, unaccompanied by a noun, either expressed or understood, is a contradiction in terms. A Handbook of the English Language I know that there are some persons who will deem secular morality a contradiction in terms. The Empire of the East To speak of "the sexual life of the child" seems at first sight to involve a contradiction in terms. The Sexual Life of the Child This appeared to be a contradiction in terms, but public apathy accepted it without cavil. Somehow Good “Notes on the Miracles of our Lord.”11.We use the term “plenary inspiration” rather than “literal inspiration,” or “verbal inspiration,” for “literal inspiration” is a contradiction in terms, like “bodily spirit.” Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors This may be to the comfort of the neighbours, as is admitted, but regarded as a moral discipline it is a contradiction in terms. Liberalism To say that it has been so, involves a contradiction in terms, for it is to say that a man chooses and does not choose at one and the same moment. The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election It does not produce holiness itself, because, as we have seen, a necessary holiness is a contradiction in terms. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory In other words, infinite number as an actuality is impossible because it is a contradiction in terms. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Here we have simply a contradiction in terms, for if there existed such a thing as an immovable body, there could not at the same time exist a moving body that nothing could resist. The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems The sphere of quantity, therefore, is absolutely identical with the sphere of the finite; and the phrase infinite quantity, if strictly construed, is a contradiction in terms. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles It would, therefore, be a contradiction in terms, if a Christian had nothing in common with his Lord except the name. The Faith of Our Fathers If this does not so appear to our minds, it is because we have not sufficiently reflected on the great truth, that a necessary virtue is a contradiction in terms, an inherent and utter impossibility. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory To demand that a person of flesh and blood shall not be subject to impressions is a contradiction in terms. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy An object cannot be beautiful if it can give pleasure to nobody: a beauty to which all men were forever indifferent is a contradiction in terms. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory This is a contradiction in terms, implying either that the Lesghians, speaking one language, form one nation, or that forming one nation the Lesghians speak various dialects derived from the same source. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century And in accordance with this, many have thought that the peculiar nature of the evidence of ratiocination consisted in the impossibility of admitting the premisses and rejecting the conclusion without a contradiction in terms. A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2) It is not denying the omnipotence of God, as all agree, to say that he cannot work contradictions; but, as we have seen, a necessitated volition is a contradiction in terms. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory Altruism, as opposed to egoism, except in a temporary sense, is a contradiction in terms. The Lost Art of Reading I say the people, for Mr. Jefferson well knew that the 'natural right' of a State to nullify, as an artificial body politic, would be a contradiction in terms. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy A maker of inks describes the red as a “true crimson scarlet,” which is a contradiction in terms. A Color Notation A measured color system, based on the three qualities Hue, Value and Chroma The idea of guarding "democratic liberties" against democracy itself is, of course, mere nonsense—one of those point-blank contradictions in terms which, though full of sound and fury, signify nothing. Freedom In Service Six Essays on Matters Concerning Britain's Safety and Good Government It would be a contradiction in terms, according to this argument, to say that they are certainly and infallibly foreknown, and yet that they may possibly not come to pass. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory But eventually it comes to be condemned as an impossible prayer: spiritually it is a contradiction in terms. The Idea of God in Early Religions We must not, however, conceive of this as if it constituted on our side a claim upon grace or upon forgiveness: such a claim would be a contradiction in terms. The Atonement and the Modern Mind It is a contradiction in terms to attempt a sinless Literature of sinful man. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin The idea of guarding "personal liberties" against democracy is not so palpably absurd; it does not involve a contradiction in terms. Freedom In Service Six Essays on Matters Concerning Britain's Safety and Good Government Indeed, if we would escape such inconsistencies and self-contradictions, we must return to the position that a necessary holiness is a contradiction in terms,—that no power can cause it. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory Still less do we believe that, because immature minds reason often incorrectly, therefore correct reasoning is for all men an impossibility and a contradiction in terms. The Idea of God in Early Religions "Surely that is a contradiction in terms," the boy said. The Green Carnation Any truly intelligent being that did not obey the Law and follow the Ritual would be a contradiction in terms. Anything You Can Do ... To be a better man, without at the same time being a better neighbor, citizen, workman, soldier, scholar, or business man, is a contradiction in terms. Practical Ethics It's a contradiction in terms for a fleet to win a battle by letting itself be destroyed. Talents, Incorporated That would be a contradiction in terms: a thing impossible. Mysticism and its Results Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy "But if you pushed that amusing theory to its limits you would arrive at the contradiction in terms—to be happy is to be miserable." The Green Carnation A series of sonnets is an artistic contradiction in terms. Milton If we apprehend the spiritual essence of marriage we see that marriage with more than one is a contradiction in terms. Practical Ethics Perhaps the Captain—" "It's also a contradiction in terms," said Bors bitterly, "for all our troubles to come because we won a victory. Talents, Incorporated We cannot feel a consciousness of death: the words are a contradiction in terms. Parables of the Cross He seemed, if one can use such a contradiction in terms, to be at once crawling and swinging along. Good Old Anna He was a contradiction in terms: his voice proclaimed him a man of war, while all the fighting he ever did, so far as we knew, was with the flies on the Nile. A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel This, of course, is a contradiction in terms, but an effective procedure in reality. Spirit and Music It is as manifest a contradiction in terms as hot ice, or black snow. Gryll Grange But if omnipotence is limited—which sounds, we admit, a contradiction in terms—we ask once more, In what way and by whom? Problems of Immanence: studies critical and constructive I maintain that the phrase, "a long poem," is simply a flat contradiction in terms.' Figures of Several Centuries A drunken Christian is almost a contradiction in terms; and something the same may be said of a drunken gentleman. Advice to a Young Man upon First Going to Oxford In Ten Letters, From an Uncle to His Nephew He takes on—if the contradiction in terms be permitted—a more human shape. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria An industrial revolution analogous to that in manufacture during the nineteenth century is distinctly probable, and capitalistic agriculture may soon cease to be a contradiction in terms. A Preface to Politics There are, however, those to whom human freedom presents itself, not as a contradiction to Divine omniscience, but as a contradiction in terms. Problems of Immanence: studies critical and constructive It is a contradiction in terms; it is blasphemy in religion, it is wickedness in politics, to say that any man can have arbitrary power. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform He says little, however, in reference to teleology, except in one paragraph, in which we read: "M. Flourens cannot imagine an unconscious selection; it is for him a contradiction in terms." What is Darwinism? "In this question American Socialists must not be misled by the seeming contradiction in terms." The Red Conspiracy So we get such expressions as "awfully nice" and "frightfully pleased," which are actually contradictions in terms. Stories That Words Tell Us In the last analysis, an "impersonal Deity" such as one hears occasionally spoken of, is a mere contradiction in terms, the coinage of confused and inaccurate thought. Problems of Immanence: studies critical and constructive To suppose the cause of all things to be ignorant of all things seems like a contradiction in terms. Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter "Human capacity is infinite;" but even while he spoke this seemed to him a contradiction in terms. A Pair of Patient Lovers Therefore, God cannot have this so-called liberty which is a contradiction in terms. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary The very expression seems a contradiction in terms. Chopin and Other Musical Essays If our actions are necessitated, then to speak of our "pursuing" this or that course, choosing and rejecting, is of course a mere contradiction in terms. Problems of Immanence: studies critical and constructive A verbal proposition is necessarily true, because it is tautologous; a contradiction in terms is necessarily false, because it is inconsistent. Logic Deductive and Inductive All God's laws are for His greater glory, and to assert that works necessary for the honoring of God are forbidden by His law is to be guilty of a contradiction in terms. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals For I am not again to tell your Lordships, that arbitrary power is treason in the law,—that to mention it with law is to commit a contradiction in terms. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) If she had been wholly indifferent to him, this misunderstanding would have never existed; for jealousy and indifference are a contradiction in terms. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch To say, then, that matter preceded, but without form, is to say that being existed actually, yet without act, which is a contradiction in terms. Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition Mill truly says that they involve a contradiction in terms. Is Life Worth Living? Hence his theory, clearly fitted to his own limitations, that "a 'long poem' is a flat contradiction in terms." The Raven In order to reconcile this apparent contradiction in terms, take the following instance of a friendly propensity. Autumn Leaves Original Pieces in Prose and Verse A heroic society is almost a contradiction in terms. Ancient Art and Ritual I suppose we shall all admit that bad luxury is bad, and good luxury is good, unless the phrase good luxury is a contradiction in terms. Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses For science to demand a proof that shall convince it on its own premisses is to demand an impossibility, and to involve a contradiction in terms. Is Life Worth Living? Strictly speaking," Huxley wrote, "I am unaware of anything that has a right to the title of an 'impossibility' except a contradiction in terms. Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work It does not attempt the hypocritical contradiction in terms, of pretending to elevate a people into a self-sustaining condition through the leading-string process of "tutelage." "Imperialism" and "The Tracks of Our Forefathers" The first of these is a contradiction in terms. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) Two or more true Churches involve a contradiction in terms. The Purpose of the Papacy It will show him that, let him give his morality what base he will, he cannot conceive of things without the same contradiction in terms. Is Life Worth Living? But the method which proposes to give children an education along the lines of least resistance is, like all other naturalism, a contradiction in terms, sometimes a reductio ad absurdum, sometimes ad nauseam. Preaching and Paganism Strictly speaking, I am unaware of any thing that has a right to the title of an "impossibility" except a contradiction in terms. Collected Essays, Volume V Science and Christian Tradition: Essays For, otherwise, it would be a voluntary society acting contrary to her will, which is a contradiction in terms. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) That is a contradiction in terms; for mercy is precisely that which we do not deserve. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII So we might go on to say that the dogma of inherited guilt is a contradiction in terms. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant But a mediator who was chiefly like ourselves would be a contradiction in terms! Preaching and Paganism The fundamental principle Moses tried to make the people good with was a contradiction in terms. Crowds A Moving-Picture of Democracy He unfurled the polysyllables, like a flag; sublimely unaware of having stated a contradiction in terms. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India It is little less than a contradiction in terms. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) He cannot do anything that involves a contradiction in terms. The Law and the Word His assault on the reader's sensibilities was organized and careful: here is no sign of that contradiction in terms, "unpremeditated art." An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard (1751) and The Eton College Manuscript A dead State is a solecism, a contradiction in terms, an impossibility. American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897) That would be a contradiction in terms, to say that an enactment which had been declared by act of Congress inoperative and void is still in force. American Eloquence, Volume 3 Studies In American Political History (1897) If you are wholly unassured of your being a believer, is it not a contradiction in terms to say, that you are sure the believers' promises belong to you? The Biography of Robert Murray M'Cheyne The reason, therefore, why God did not make us mechanically incapable of wrong thinking, is simply because the very idea involves a contradiction in terms, which negatives all possibility of Creation. The Law and the Word And I start with a contradiction in terms. Success (Second Edition) An old playgoer is almost a contradiction in terms. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Erasmus of Rotterdam—it sounds like a contradiction in terms. A Wanderer in Holland A universal nation is as much a contradiction in terms as a universal individual. The Promise of American Life Now I want the student to see clearly why making us incapable of wrong-thinking would involve a contradiction in terms, and would therefore be an impossibility. The Law and the Word Where all is God, sin or alienation from God is a contradiction in terms. New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments A simulated love is a contradiction in terms. Hints for Lovers On Wednesdays there is sometimes a lady who sings ballads in a voice that can only be described as that contradiction in terms "a shrill contralto." The Golden Scarecrow Now in the opinion of the Master of Lazarus the feminine intellect was simply a contradiction in terms. The Divine Fire To suppose a point where it comes to an end is a contradiction in terms. The Law and the Word It is a contradiction in terms, it is blasphemy in religion, it is wickedness in politics, to say that any man can have arbitrary power. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 09 (of 12) Indeed, Is not a half-hearted love, or a half-hearted acceptress of love, a contradiction in terms? Hints for Lovers But to any European radical Mr. Lamont's statement that the consortium does not want control reads like a contradiction in terms. The Problem of China They are supposed to represent nature, but they do not even do that, because arrested motion is a contradiction in terms, and because the point of arrest is an artificial and arbitrary thing. The Tree of Heaven This is not a contradiction in terms, though it may look like one. The Law and the Word And so to suppose that a man, influenced by Christianity, is a weak, double-dealing, unsteadfast man is a contradiction in terms. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) Unfinished Stories—that is, Stories finished in style, yet, as another contradiction in terms, short stories without any end, are rather the vogue nowadays in Magazines. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 15, 1891 It may be called a contradiction in terms to expect the unexpected. The New Jerusalem But doesn't it seem rather like a contradiction in terms, for Old Etonians to sit down to an Eaten Dinner?—Yours, once removed, A SIXTH-FORMOSUS PUER. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 28, 1891 It is static, if that be not a contradiction in terms. The Threshold Grace An indifferent statesman is a contradiction in terms; and a statesman who is indifferent on principle, a Laisser-faire or Muddle-Through doctrinaire, plays the deuce with us in the long run. Back to Methuselah Would it not be a contradiction in terms to impose conviction upon the faculty which creates conviction? Recollections of My Youth Outside of the Novel, Kingsley has left in "Water Babies" a book deserving the name of modern classic, unless the phrase be a contradiction in terms. Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities But to suppose that in other respects he belonged to the ranks of mediocrity is not only a contradiction in terms, but utterly false. George Washington, Volume II This course of reasoning would necessarily lead to a contradiction in terms, if not to an actual absurdity. The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry I think, if I am not guilty of a contradiction in terms; a penitent without a fault; her parents' conduct towards her from the first considered. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8 A club that is narrowed to a clique, a class, or a single object, is a contradiction in terms. Memories of Jane Cunningham Croly, "Jenny June" An inactive Christian is a contradiction in terms; for he is no copy of his divine Master, who, morning, noon, and night, "went about doing good." Religion in Earnest A Memorial of Mrs. Mary Lyth, of York It is your desire that the airy children of your brain should be born anew within another's, that makes you create; therefore, a misanthropical poet is a contradiction in terms.' Venetia It seems like a contradiction in terms, but it is nevertheless a fact that the behavior of these completely naked women and men was entirely modest. Through the Brazilian Wilderness All, therefore, cannot be derived from the Hebrew; for it is a contradiction in terms to speak of three languages radically different, as derived from a common source. A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America The talk about "provinces of a consolidated despotism to be governed by a fixed majority" was, in itself an absurd contradiction in terms, which repudiated the fundamental idea of republican government. Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02 This assumption will appear to most readers paradoxical, if indeed it does not read as a contradiction in terms. The Trade Union Woman Is it not a contradiction in terms to talk of such a love? The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love Self-observation shows that we have no general concepts; reason, that we can have none, for the combination of opposite elements in one idea would be a contradiction in terms. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time But the catch phrase, 'Military- Intelligence,' a contradiction in terms' made their job doubly difficult. Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel I am afraid to tell how many feet short this vessel was, or how many feet narrow: to apply the words length and width to such measurement would be a contradiction in terms. American Notes And to describe them as wise men sounds to me like a downright contradiction in terms. The Woman in White SHE tried to be content, which was a contradiction in terms. Main Street When we hear of a man too clever to believe, we are hearing of something having almost the character of a contradiction in terms. Heretics Now, to say that farm-rent is a monopoly sanctioned by the law, is to say that injustice is based on justice,—a contradiction in terms. What is Property? The steady level of good health gave them all that natural stimulus we used to call "animal spirits"—an odd contradiction in terms. Herland "Yes, it has; it has continued the same," said Mrs. Corey, again expressing the fact by a contradiction in terms. The Rise of Silas Lapham At Belmont, that's a contradiction in terms and you know it. Wild Justice It was rudely opined that "military intelligence" was a contradiction in terms, while even the grisly world of homicide was considered cleaner than drug enforcement. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier The present writer prefers the translation "for the world," indeed he thinks that to most classical scholars "tuiti orbi," "preserved discarded," looks almost like a contradiction in terms. Bacon is Shake-Speare He was that apparent contradiction in terms, a bold hesitator; he habitually needed, and knew that he needed, to have his hand apparently forced for the achievement of the end he was most bent upon. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places The scientific reason of this impossibility lies in what we have already proved: that a technique of the theoretical amounts to a contradiction in terms. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic At first blush "dramatic lyric" sounds like a contradiction in terms, like "non-mathematical algebra." Robert Browning: How to Know Him A "permanent revolution" is really a contradiction in terms. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier The hope of immortality without virtue is a contradiction in terms. Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra The hypothesis of their being both infinitely powerful needs no such refutation; it is a contradiction in terms. The Fallen Star, or, the History of a False Religion by E.L. Bulwer; And, A Dissertation on the Origin of Evil by Lord Brougham But a right to do wrong, or to commit injustice, is an abuse of language, and a contradiction in terms. An Essay on the History of Civil Society, Eighth Edition A right to protection I can understand; but a right to toleration seems to me a contradiction in terms. Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge To those who deem Imagination but another name for fiction and falsehood, it may seem a contradiction in terms to talk of a true Imagination; but it is not so. The Elements of Character There you have an apparent contradiction in terms, at any rate a mystery, fruitful in opportunities for theory, and as a fact destined to lead to three centuries of more and more particular definition. Europe and the Faith "Sine auctoritate nulla vita" It is a contradiction in terms to speak of adding to the Chief Good. Ethics But that he was independent was a contradiction in terms while British troops studded the country, and while the real powers of sovereignty were exercised by Macnaghten. The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 Isn't it a contradiction in terms to remember the unconscious? Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema Where, too, as in our land, pleasure and luxury rule a certain set who enjoy no tradition of good manners, the contradiction in terms is the more apparent. Manners and Social Usages He contended that it is a contradiction in terms to call anything a revelation that comes to us at secondhand, either verbally or in writing. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest It is the primary meaning which is here intended, it would be a contradiction in terms to speak of a man's being ignorant of his own Motive of action. Ethics "A liberal Pope! a liberal Pope!" he said, with a scornful enjoyment of that contradiction in terms. Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions This proposal is hopeless, it is a contradiction in terms. Moral Philosophy The dress called "complimentary mourning," which is rather a contradiction in terms, is now made very elegant and dressy. Manners and Social Usages Cold religion is a contradiction in terms, though, alas, it is a reality in professors. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah He would be quite wrong unless we can say that the female child is born sophisticated, which sounds rather like a contradiction in terms. A Traveller in Little Things A silent Christian is an anomaly, a contradiction in terms, as much as black light, or dark stars. Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms To speak literally of "beautiful music" would be a contradiction in terms. Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama All this does not mean republican simplicity in the king; a citizen king is doubtless a contradiction in terms anywhere out of France, and even there Louis Philippe found the part difficult. Roman Holidays, and Others A cold Christian is a contradiction in terms. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah A noble jilt, my dears," said Mrs. Carbuncle eloquently, "is a contradiction in terms. The Eustace Diamonds Without mysteries there can be no religion; mystery is essential to it; a religion void of mysteries, would be a contradiction in terms. Good Sense He maintained that the phrase "'a long poem' is simply a flat contradiction in terms." Poets of the South Strictly speaking, it is a contradiction in terms to say that a whole, which has parts, can be without magnitude. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature To maintain this would be a contradiction in terms. The Great Conspiracy, Volume 5 To think an infinite is a contradiction in terms equal to a boundless bound. Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. In the greatest calamities, do not devout persons, through a ridiculous simplicity, or rather a sensible contradiction in terms, exclaim, that the Almighty is master. Good Sense "National guilds" is a contradiction in terms: it takes on the same element of error that inheres in the idea of "one big union." Towards the Great Peace Which it must be owned is downright nonsense, and a contradiction in terms: Amongst others captain Radcliff has ridiculed this blunder in the following lines of his News from Hell. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume III The universal can never be the individual: that would be a contradiction in terms. The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science Fear is illogical because to regard it as having any place in the Original Creative Motive involves a contradiction in terms. The Creative Process in the Individual The effort to make antiquity popular is almost a contradiction in terms. The Faith of the Millions (2nd series) "Ice being a substance consisting of frozen water and without odor, what you say is a contradiction in terms," he pronounced with much solemnity. The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic For, though Congregationalism and a National Establishment of Religion may seem radically a contradiction in terms, yet in fact the case had not been quite so in America. The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 To suppose the opposite would be a contradiction in terms. The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science The Impersonalness of the Principle of Personality looks like a contradiction in terms, but it is not. The Creative Process in the Individual "A new religion" is a contradiction in terms—there is only one religion in the world. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers An absolutely unscrupulous person is a contradiction in terms. Without Prejudice Similarity tempered with dissimilarity, and dissimilarity tempered with similarity - a contradiction in terms, like almost everything else that is true or useful or indeed intelligible at all. The Note-Books of Samuel Butler Sterilized, dehumanized criticism is almost a contradiction in terms, except in those rare cases where the weighing of evidential facts is all that is required. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism An evil God, one that could commit evil would be a contradiction in terms, an impossible, inconceivable idea. The Great Doctrines of the Bible Man is a contradiction in terms; he is a beast whose superiority to other beasts consists in having fallen. The Ball and the Cross Equilibrium means death, because life is a succession of changes, while a changing equilibrium is a contradiction in terms. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 So that here, as everywhere else, we no sooner scratch the soil than we come upon the granite of contradiction in terms and can scratch no further. The Note-Books of Samuel Butler It is, and let me tell you that you're a living example of a contradiction in terms. Number Seventeen Church and presbytery are terms for monopolies, Exalted notions of church matters are contradictions in terms to the lowliness and humility of the gospel. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 That is a contradiction in terms; and even implies the flattest of all contradictions, viz. that it is possible for the same thing both to be and not to be. A Treatise of Human Nature Sam: Worse still, the IMF's language is riddled with contradictions in terms and logical fallacies. After the Rain : how the West lost the East Who can understand this eternal crossing in love and contradiction in terms which warps the woof of actions and things from the atom to the universe? The Note-Books of Samuel Butler This can only happen when the phrase embodies some evident absurdity, either a palpable error or a contradiction in terms. Laughter : an Essay on the Meaning of the Comic This may seem a contradiction in terms but it will be explained shortly. How and When to Be Your Own Doctor For that is a contradiction in terms, and suppose that the senses continue to operate, even after they have ceased all manner of operation. A Treatise of Human Nature Usefulness is only a tendency to a certain end; and it is a contradiction in terms, that anything pleases as means to an end, where the end itself no wise affects us. An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals For combination of any kind involves contradiction in terms; it involves a self-stultification on the part of one or more things, more or less complete in both of them. The Note-Books of Samuel Butler Otherwise art for art's sake is a contradiction in terms. The Psychology of Beauty It is a contradiction in terms and ideas to call anything a revelation that comes to us at second hand, either verbally or in writing. Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 4 (1794-1796): the Age of Reason His head, despite all the boys could do, maintained a relaxed attitude—a contradiction in terms justified by the facts—and also with a certain sidewise inclination toward the saloon. Missy Circumspection and devotion are a contradiction in terms. The Hand of Ethelberta Not so absolute truth. xi Whenever we push truth hard she runs to earth in contradiction in terms, that is to say, in falsehood. The Note-Books of Samuel Butler It was on some such grounds as these that Poe laid down his famous "Poetic Principle,"—that a long poem does not exist; that "a long poem" is simply a flat contradiction in terms. The Psychology of Beauty If women are to be made virtuous by authority, which is a contradiction in terms, let them be immured in seraglios and watched with a jealous eye. Vindication of the Rights of Woman It's a contradiction in terms, don't you see? The Register The atheist was dreaming of shadowless light, a contradiction in terms. Autobiography of Mark Rutherford, Edited by his friend Reuben Shapcott An eternal contradiction in terms meets us at the end of every enquiry. The Note-Books of Samuel Butler "Infinite melody" is a contradiction in terms, because when the first term cannot be present in consciousness with the last there is nothing to control and direct the progression; and our musical memory is limited. The Psychology of Beauty How great a paradox soever this may appear, as it is indeed a contradiction in terms, it is the very account which the Scripture gives us of him. Human Nature and Other Sermons It is a contradiction in terms for a coxcomb to be a great man. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners According to the enumeration, however, they are "wealth": a tolerably fair specimen of a contradiction in terms. Evolution and Ethics It is the fact of there being contradictions in terms, which have to be smoothed away and fused into harmonious acquiescence with their surroundings, that makes life and consciousness possible at all. The Note-Books of Samuel Butler A contradiction in terms was set to resolve itself, a riddle for unborn generations of Americans. Pioneers of the Old South: a chronicle of English colonial beginnings An impersonal God is as much a contradiction in terms as an impersonal person. God the Known and God the Unknown The plurality of religious experiences The educated faithful-a contradiction in terms? The Civilization of Illiteracy So that the "magnificent principle" turned out to be, either a truism or a contradiction in terms; either this maxim—"Do what you do;" or this maxim, "Do what you cannot do." Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 The only way out of it is through the contradiction in terms of maintaining that a thing exists and does not exist at one and the same time. The Note-Books of Samuel Butler Socrates is pitted against the famous atheist, from Ionia, and has just brought him to a contradiction in terms. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1 This is lady's logic, a contradiction in terms. The Valet's tragedy, and other studies Self-government, taken strictly, is a contradiction in terms. The American Republic : constitution, tendencies and destiny Stated in the other way, it is a contradiction in terms. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 What an ineffable contradiction in terms have we not here. Erewhon Revisited But a virtuous tyrant is a contradiction in terms; we can at best only hope to have magistrates who are the servants of reason and the law. Laws Plato would have done better if he had said that true opinion was a contradiction in terms. Theaetetus You say you are a poet of law; I say you are a contradiction in terms. The Man Who Was Thursday, a nightmare For in the New Testament it is neither an identical proposition, nor a contradiction in terms; and, as laid down by Mr Bentham, it must be either the one or the other. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 We talk of unnatural things happening, but that is a contradiction in terms. The Grey Room Any hypothesis which should assume such a transfer would involve a contradiction in terms. The Unseen World and Other Essays A poor noble was a contradiction in terms; if such a person existed, he could only be spoken of with wondering sadness, as though he were the victim of some freak of nature. The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft And if with us a long poem be a contradiction in terms, a full picture is with them as self-condemnatory a production. The Soul of the Far East To affirm this would be a contradiction in terms. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 On the contrary, it has reduced itself to a degree of absurdity which makes a Catholic university a contradiction in terms. Mrs. Warren's Profession To say that a man does what he believes to be against his happiness is a contradiction in terms. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 A negative noun is, of course, an impossibility in any language, just as a negative substantive, another name for the same thing, is a direct contradiction in terms. The Soul of the Far East |
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