Similar words: moron, moronic, anymore, any more, not any more, morose, coroner, coronet. Meaning: n. conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence').
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1 Bear with me while I unravel this seeming oxymoron.
2 Compassionate capitalism is not an oxymoron.
3 No. Compassionate capitalism is not an oxymoron.
4 This verbal combo is an oxymoron, of course, given all we know about the innately hazardous properties of nicotine.
5 They thought such a book an oxymoron.
6 Career planning is an oxymoron. The most exciting opportunities tend to be unplanned.
7 It may sound like an oxymoron but money has its Achilles'heel.
8 It may sound like an oxymoron: " A phone booth for the mobile world. "
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.
10 This has made many Americans conclude that business ethics is an oxymoron.
11 Thursday evening, the work prompted an instant trip to the depths of oxymoron.
12 New public art outside of the gallery is something of an oxymoron since ironically most art collections are public.
13 Manyconnoisseurs in other Chinese cities would say great Shanghai cooking is an oxymoron.
14 The decline of the phallus is especially evident in "urban Bhutan,(www.Sentencedict.com) " a term locals insist is not an oxymoron.
15 I think the idea of consensual sex in the military is almost an oxymoron.
16 Or with Bush filling the slot, is that an oxymoron?
More similar words: moron, moronic, anymore, any more, not any more, morose, coroner, coronet, amorous, humorous, timorous, yesterday morning, glamorous, clamorous, for one thing, coronary artery bypass graft, ethoxy, oxygen, paroxysm, anonymous, synonymous, etymology, anonymously, lachrymose, upwardly mobile, porous, odorous, borough, dolorous, thorough.