OXYMORON


Meaning of OXYMORON in English

(~s)

If you describe a phrase as an ~, 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 ~.

N-COUNT

Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .