OXYMORON


Meaning of OXYMORON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɒksimɔ:rɒn ]

( oxymorons)

If you describe a phrase as an oxymoron , you mean that what it refers to combines two opposite qualities or ideas and therefore seems impossible. ( TECHNICAL )

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

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