squared circle
Wrestling performance area
Squared circle is a classic example of a logical contradiction—a shape that cannot exist because squares and circles are mutually exclusive.
The phrase appears in philosophy and logic as an illustration of impossibility.
In professional wrestling, however, the squared circle refers to the boxing or wrestling ring, which is square despite being called a ring.
- grapplingClose-quarters combat technique
- wrestlingCombat sport requiring holds
- ringClosed curve shape
- steel cageBarred metal enclosure
- fisticuffsHand-to-hand combat
cutman · throw in the towel · ropes · turnbuckle · corner man · canvas · pugilist · bare-knuckle · submission hold · rope-a-dope · ringside seat · tag team · pinfall · body slam · round · prizefighting · title bout · interference
- impossibilitiesperpetual motion, dividing by zero, logical paradox, self-contradiction, contradiction
- alchemyalchemy, alchemist, philosopher's stone, transmutation, elixir
squared circleopen field
Unenclosed outdoor space
octagon · cage · street · back alley · mat
squared circletautology
Redundant or circular statement
self-evident truth · logical necessity · redundancy · truism · pleonasm
square, squared, squares, squaring, squarely, squareness, circle, circles, circled