Contradictio in adjecto is Latin for "a contradiction in itself" or a "contradiction in terms". It is "the characteristic denoted by the adjective stands in contrast to the noun.
网络释义
1、语词矛盾
),历史领域中的普遍因果规律或历史发 展规律是contradictio in adjecto(语词矛盾)(注 :李凯尔特:转引自K.C.巴克拉捷:《近代德国资产阶 级哲学史纲要》(涂纪亮译),中国社会科学出版社 1980年版,第322页。