Independent authors — self - publishers, for the most part — appear to be facing a kind of contradiction of terms. (thoughtcatalog.com)
Now if «eternal» used in this quotation meant «not temporal,» the expression «eternal event» would be not merely paradoxical but a flat contradiction of terms like «round square,» because events are necessarily temporal. (religion-online.org)
J.R.B.: The phrase «celebrity pastor» is a contradiction of terms, but it feels somewhat normal to us in our cultural context because the mindset is so rampant. (rachelheldevans.com)