oxymoron in English

noun
1
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g., faith unfaithful kept him falsely true ).
Yes, but it does leave a reader ever more certain that the term ‘mature male’ is an oxymoron .

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1. Agile Government – An Oxymoron?

2. 3 No. Compassionate capitalism is not an oxymoron.

3. 2 Compassionate capitalism is not an oxymoron.

4. Compassionate capitalism is not an oxymoron.

5. No. Compassionate capitalism is not an oxymoron.

6. 5 They thought such a book an oxymoron.

7. 1 Bear with me while I unravel this seeming oxymoron.

8. Bear with me while I unravel this seeming oxymoron.

9. 12 Bear with me while I unravel this seeming oxymoron.

10. The phrase “Abstention votes” is an oxymoron, an Abstention being a refusal to vote

11. 16 Or with Bush filling the slot, is that an oxymoron?

12. I do think the Apolitical conservative exists, if that’s not an oxymoron

13. 7 It may sound like an oxymoron but money has its Achilles'heel.

14. 11 Thursday evening, the work prompted an instant trip to the depths of oxymoron.

15. 20 This has made many Americans conclude that business ethics is an oxymoron.

16. 10 This has made many Americans conclude that business ethics is an oxymoron.

17. 6 Career planning is an oxymoron. The most exciting opportunities tend to be unplanned.

18. 13 Manyconnoisseurs in other Chinese cities would say great Shanghai cooking is an oxymoron.

19. 8 It may sound like an oxymoron: " A phone booth for the mobile world. "

20. 15 I think the idea of consensual sex in the military is almost an oxymoron.

21. This verbal combo is an oxymoron, of course, given all we know about the innately hazardous properties of nicotine.

22. 12 New public art outside of the gallery is something of an oxymoron since ironically most art collections are public.

23. 4 This verbal combo is an oxymoron, of course, given all we know about the innately hazardous properties of nicotine.

24. 27 This verbal combo is an oxymoron, of course, given all we know about the innately hazardous properties of nicotine.

25. 14 The decline of the phallus is especially evident in "urban Bhutan,(www.Sentencedict.com) " a term locals insist is not an oxymoron.

26. It was a Cinematographic oxymoron: a futuristic scene set in throwback black and white, a choice that only highlighted Michael's evolving skin-color

27. 9 Oxymoron is a rhetoric device that, by force of the surface contradiction of language forms, can express the ideas not only clearly and exactly but also more pithily, deeply and strongly.

28. Oxymoron is a rhetoric device that, by force of the surface contradiction of language forms, can express the ideas not only clearly and exactly but also more pithily, deeply and strongly.

29. “Amendable irrevocable trusts”, sounds like an oxymoron, right? Common knowledge would have you believe that irrevocable trusts are cold, hard, “set in stone”, lock boxes made only for rich folks or people with bad kids

30. When a critic of Arminianism declares that “Arminian evangelical” is an oxymoron, and when an Arminian resigns from evangelicalism because he or she agrees with the critic, both are assuming some particular definitions of these terms

31. The first time I heard Matt Pinson speak, he repeatedly dropped a term that rolled around in my mind for several days: “Reformed Arminian.” Such a phrase seems an oxymoron along the lines of jumbo shrimp, heated ice, or left-wing conservative

32. At a time when daily business news coverage was stuffy and technical, Porter railed against what she termed the "Bafflegab" lingo of finance, preferring to express investment and money concepts in words and imagery that didn't require readers to obtain a specialized education.Pamela Yellen: When "Women and Financial Literacy" Was Still an Oxymoron, Sylvia Porter Came to the Rescue