oxymoron|oxymorons in English

noun

['ɑksɪ'mɔrɑn /'ɒksɪ'mɔːrɒn]

expression composed of combined contrasts (e.g. "thunderous silence")

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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. Synonyms for Antinomies include paradoxes, juxtapositions, oddities, oxymorons, mistakes, error, irony, nonsense, quandaries and ambiguity

10. Synonyms for Aporias include contradiction, impasses, paradoxes, incongruousness, challenges, oxymorons, ambiguity, discrepancies, contraventions and contradictions

11. 12 Bear with me while I unravel this seeming oxymoron.

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

13. 16 Or with Bush filling the slot, is that an oxymoron?

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

15. 7 It may sound like an oxymoron but money has its Achilles'heel.

16. 11 Thursday evening, the work prompted an instant trip to the depths of oxymoron.

17. 20 This has made many Americans conclude that business ethics is an oxymoron.

18. 10 This has made many Americans conclude that business ethics is an oxymoron.

19. 6 Career planning is an oxymoron. The most exciting opportunities tend to be unplanned.

20. 13 Manyconnoisseurs in other Chinese cities would say great Shanghai cooking is an oxymoron.

21. 8 It may sound like an oxymoron: " A phone booth for the mobile world. "

22. 15 I think the idea of consensual sex in the military is almost an oxymoron.

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

24. 12 New public art outside of the gallery is something of an oxymoron since ironically most art collections are public.

25. 4 This verbal combo is an oxymoron, of course, given all we know about the innately hazardous properties of nicotine.