oxymoronic
adjective
languagespecializeduk/ˌɒk.sɪ.məˈrɒn.ɪk/us/ˌɑːk.sɪ.mɔːˈrɑː.nɪk/(of two words used together) having, orseemingto have,oppositemeanings:
（两个相连的词）矛盾的，冲突的Culturaltourismiscloseto being an oxymoronic phrase.文化旅游几乎是一个自相矛盾的短语。
It mightsoundoxymoronic but there is such a thing as aninterestingutility.听起来可能有点矛盾，但确实有有趣又实用这么回事。
- Oxymoronictermssuch as ‘healthclients’ do notconveyanymeaningwhenappliedtohospitalpatients.
- Thereallineof thestategovernmentis the oxymoronic one of “cleancoal”.
- But isn't there somethingintrinsicallyoxymoronic about theideaofethicalfashion?
- Questions aboutmoralityandlegalityinwarhave an oxymoronicquality–warbyitsnatureinvolvesthesuspensionof the mostfundamentalmoralinjunction, "Thou Shalt Not Kill."
Denying & contradicting
- abnegate
- abnegation
- apparently
- backtrack
- bubble
- burstsomeone'sbubbleidiom
- contradict
- counter-argue
- Dutchman
- fly
- fly in the face ofsomethingidiom
- in the same breathidiom
- rebuttal
- recantation
- refutation
- self-contradictory
- speak
- standsomethingonitsheadidiom
- tergiversation
- unadmitted
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