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Figure of speech
An oxymoron (plurals: oxymorons and oxymora) is a figure of speech that juxtaposes concepts with opposite meanings within a word or in a phrase that is
Oxymoron
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up oxymoron in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An oxymoron is a rhetorical device involving the use of contradiction. Oxymoron may also refer to:
Oxymoron_(disambiguation)
2014 studio album by Schoolboy Q
Oxymoron is the third studio album by American rapper Schoolboy Q. It was released on February 25, 2014, through Top Dawg Entertainment and distributed
Oxymoron_(Schoolboy_Q_album)
British musician
Monty Oxymoron (born Laurence Burrow; 27 September 1961 in Cambridge, England) is a keyboardist for the English punk rock group the Damned. His previous
Monty_Oxymoron
German punk rock band
Oxymoron was a German punk rock band formed in 1992. The band was founded by Sucker (vocals) and his cousin Björn (drums), along with two friends, Martin
Oxymoron_(band)
Satirical magazine of Oxford University
The Oxymoron is a student satirical magazine published anonymously by and for students of Oxford University. It takes the form of a spoof newspaper, similar
The_Oxymoron
Polemical term in philosophical rhetoric
impossibility of an opposing argument. The term is a German proverbial oxymoron, which synthesizes the concept of the "wooden", which is organic, with
Wooden_iron
American rapper and singer (born 1986)
with Interscope Records to release his third album and major label debut, Oxymoron (2014). Met with critical acclaim, the album peaked atop the US Billboard
Schoolboy_Q
2020 studio album by Nik Kershaw
Oxymoron is the ninth studio album by the English singer-songwriter Nik Kershaw, released on 16 October 2020. The album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios
Oxymoron_(Nik_Kershaw_album)
2013 single by Schoolboy Q
released as the second official single from his major-label debut album Oxymoron, on November 23, 2013, by Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) and Interscope Records
Man of the Year (Schoolboy Q song)
Man_of_the_Year_(Schoolboy_Q_song)
2014 promotional single by Schoolboy Q
Records, as a promotional single from his major label debut studio album Oxymoron (2014). The song was recorded in 2012 and was produced by The Alchemist
Break_the_Bank_(song)
implies violence. Therefore, the term "bloodless war" is somewhat of an oxymoron. The following is a list of bloodless wars: The following wars are often
List_of_bloodless_wars
American metalcore band
If God Only Knew the Rest Were Dead EP and the band's tracks from their Oxymoron split with Brother's Keeper. On July 6th, 2025 the band will once again
Disembodied_(band)
2013 single by Schoolboy Q featuring Kendrick Lamar
released on June 11, 2013 as the lead single from his third studio album Oxymoron (2014). The song, produced by production team THC and co-produced by Gwen
Collard_Greens_(song)
2016 Greek film
Christos Karamanis Edited by Napoleon Stratogiannakis Production companies Oxymoron Films Marni Films Release dates 2 February 2016 (2016-02-02) (IFFR)
Suntan_(2016_film)
Capitalism based on sustainable practices
Capital Institute describes the concept of sustainable capitalism as an oxymoron. They argue that modern capitalism is not designed for cooperation and
Sustainable_capitalism
2026 video game
turn-based strategy video game developed and published by Czech studio Oxymoron Games for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Heroes of Science and Fiction is inspired
Heroes_of_Science_and_Fiction
American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
libertarians – have rendered the notion of 'capitalist democracy' into an oxymoron." After the statement caused controversies, he replied that, he had made
Peter_Thiel
Topics referred to by the same term
a word with multiple meanings of which one is the reverse of another Oxymoron, a figure of speech that juxtaposes concepts with opposing meanings within
Self-contradiction
English rock band
numerous lineup changes, the formation of Vanian, Sensible, keyboardist Monty Oxymoron, drummer Pinch and bassist Stu West had been together from 2004 until 2017
The_Damned_(band)
Albanian-American business executive
Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 28 January 2025. Garfinkle, Allie. "The oxymoron of Mira Murati's reported $2 billion seed round". Fortune. Retrieved 25
Mira_Murati
English musician (born 1958)
released an extended play (EP) of six new songs, These Little Things. Oxymoron is Kershaw's most recent full studio album, which was released in October
Nik_Kershaw
American record production duo from Illinois
were nominated for Best Rap Album for their work on Schoolboy Q's album Oxymoron. In late 2015, Nez and Rio announced they were working on their own project
Nez_&_Rio
2018 video game
2018 business simulation game developed and published by Czech studio Oxymoron Games for Microsoft Windows, MacOS, and Linux operating systems. Players
Project_Hospital
1985 political novel by Doris Lessing
the novel a satire, while Lessing called it humorous. The title is an oxymoron which highlights Alice's ambivalent nature. The Good Terrorist divided
The_Good_Terrorist
American linguist
known for his books on the English language and on wordplay such as puns, oxymorons, and anagrams. He has been dubbed "the Wizard of Idiom," "Attila the Pun
Richard_Lederer_(writer)
1995 studio album by Chumbawamba
4:08 8. "This Dress Kills" 3:31 9. "Salome (Let's Twist Again)" 3:50 10. "Oxymoron" 3:36 11. "Waiting, Shouting" 2:55 12. "Hey! You! Outside Now!" 3:52 13
Swingin'_with_Raymond
Painting by Gustave Courbet
Champfleury on which Proudhon's portrait is based. The meaning of the oxymoron "real allegory" in the subtitle of the painting, as well as Courbet's intent
The_Painter's_Studio
Stock character
know that I know nothing," a statement that has come to frame him in the oxymoron of the ignorant knower. In Plato's Apology, this self admission of ignorance
Wise_fool
Brats The Macc Lads Mr Floppy Oi Polloi Opció K-95 The Oppressed Orlík Oxymoron The Partisans Perkele Peter and the Test Tube Babies The Press Red Alert
List_of_Oi!_bands
Term describing infantry under the command of Stonewall Jackson
Foot cavalry was an oxymoron coined by the media to describe the rapid movements of infantry troops serving under Confederate General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall"
Foot_cavalry
Literary technique used to persuade
Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. "Oxymoron - Examples and Definition of Oxymoron". Literary Devices. 2013-06-26. Retrieved 2020-04-04
Literary_device
Comprises the buildings and supporting farmland and woods of a very large property
preceded by the word "real"), which is why "industrial estate" sounds like an oxymoron to Americans, as few wealthy persons would deliberately choose to live
Estate_(land)
2016 studio album by Schoolboy Q
album in July 2014, months after the release of his major label debut Oxymoron. After briefly considering retirement from rap music to spend more time
Blank_Face_LP
Collection of information that has not been fully processed or analyzed
Revolution. United States: Sage. p. 6. Gitelman, Lisa (2013). Raw data is an oxymoron. MIT press. Loukissas, Yanni Alexander (2019). All data are local: Thinking
Raw_data
American rapper and actor (born 1993)
Isaiah Rashad on the tour to support the release of Schoolboy Q's album Oxymoron. On 15 August 2014, Staples released Blue Suede on iTunes accompanied by
Vince_Staples
Recorded ECM 1918 2005 Iro Haarla Northbound ECM 1919 2007 Erkki-Sven Tüür Oxymoron ECM New Series ECM 1920 2007 Eberhard Weber Stages of a Long Journey ECM
ECM_Records_discography
2014 single by Schoolboy Q
recording artist Schoolboy Q, taken from his major label debut studio album Oxymoron (2014). The track, which features production by two American record producers
Hell of a Night (Schoolboy Q song)
Hell_of_a_Night_(Schoolboy_Q_song)
Software development philosophy
programming: The notion of "intricate and beautiful complexities" is almost an oxymoron. Unix programmers vie with each other for "simple and beautiful" honors —
Unix_philosophy
American actress (born 1975)
2011. Retrieved May 15, 2013. Boardman, Mickey (Summer 1994). "Generation Oxymoron". Paper. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 15
Milla_Jovovich
2025 studio album by Coroner
Dissonance Theory track listing No. Title Lyrics Music Length 1. "Oxymoron" Instrumental Tommy Vetterli Dennis Russ Mirijam Skal 0:59 2. "Consequence"
Dissonance_Theory_(album)
Canadian sports journalist
(Tweet) – via Twitter. Hillel Kutler (January 21, 2014). "The greatest oxymoron in U.S. sports? Jews and professional ice hockey; Hockey may have no iconic
Steve_Simmons
The following is a discography of Canadian record producer Boi-1da. 13. "Been Gone" (Boi 1da Remix) 04. "Do What You Do" 07. "City Is Mine" 24. "Stop Think"
Boi-1da production discography
Boi-1da_production_discography
American animated television series
dropped the helicopter pilot into the Pit. General Specific's name is an oxymoron. On his uniform, he has three medals that look like exclamation marks,
Sheep_in_the_Big_City
Materials generated as legislation is drafted and enacted
short-circuit the constitutional scheme for making law. Collective intent is an oxymoron. Congress is not a thinking entity; it is a group of individuals, each
Legislative_history
of the death metal genre, Christian death metal is often considered an oxymoron and odd juxtaposition by commentators and has also encountered resistance
List of Christian death metal bands
List_of_Christian_death_metal_bands
Fictional city in the Back to the Future film trilogy
the area can be derived. The city name "Hill Valley" is a joke, being an oxymoron. However, an early script for Back to the Future Part II mentioned that
Hill Valley (Back to the Future)
Hill_Valley_(Back_to_the_Future)
1989 to 1992, in 1996, and since 2017) and keyboardist Laurence "Monty Oxymoron" Burrow (since 1996). The Damned were formed by Dave Vanian, Brian James
List_of_the_Damned_members
foreign-born parent. Although the term “Second-generation immigrant” is an oxymoron which is often used ambiguously, this definition is cited by major research
Second-generation immigrants in the United States
Second-generation_immigrants_in_the_United_States
Season of American television series
prosecutors are suspicious of his desire to return to the courtroom. 276 23 "Oxymoron" Constantine Makris Michael Harbert May 15, 2002 (2002-05-15) E2217 18
Law_&_Order_season_12
Philosophical treatment of oxymorons
Philosophical treatment of oxymorons
Nonexistent_objects
Book by American author Francis Chan
of "luke-warm Christianity." Chan states, "A lukewarm Christian is an oxymoron; there’s no such thing. To put it plainly, churchgoers who are lukewarm
Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
Crazy_Love:_Overwhelmed_by_a_Relentless_God
2013 promotional single by Schoolboy Q
16, 2013 as the first song in promotion of his major-label debut album, Oxymoron (2014). It charted at number 49 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in
Yay_Yay
American writer
#118: Let Her Eat Cake Episode 2x13: Rule #59: "Happily Ever After" Is an Oxymoron 2015-2018 Written by Episode 1x07: Rule #67: Don't Kill the Princess Episode
Janine_Nabers
Direction in Russian poetry and art
ISBN 1-883689-90-2, pp. 87–89; Marjorie Perloff, "Russian Postmodernism: An Oxymoron?" in Postmodern Culture, vol. 3, no. 2, January 1993 [3]. Kahn, Andrew;
Metarealism
Collegiate research university in England
Oxford Student. Other publications include the Isis magazine, the satirical Oxymoron, the graduate Oxonian Review, the Oxford Political Review, and the online
University_of_Oxford
New Zealand television series
entertainment, podcasters Eden and Dana wonder, and is being a queer Christian an oxymoron?). Testify is a dark, brooding big-budget series with plenty of promise
Testify_(TV_series)
Stock character
Savage" (1853), Charles Dickens rendered the noble savage into a rhetorical oxymoron by satirizing the British romanticisation of Primitivism in philosophy
Noble_savage
Georgian born-American businessman
October 3, 2014. Idov, Michael (March 28, 2008). "Trump Soho Is Not an Oxymoron". New York. Retrieved January 21, 2020. Hall, Kevin G.; Wieder, Ben (May
Tamir_Sapir
Approach to program evaluation
what they call "realist trials". Others argue that a realist trial is an "oxymoron", and recommend instead calling them "theory-oriented trials". A 2023 review
Theory-driven_evaluation
Album by The Damned
noted. The Damned Dave Vanian – vocals Captain Sensible – guitar Monty Oxymoron – keyboards Paul Gray – bass Pinch – drums Additional musicians Chris Coull
Evil_Spirits_(album)
Derogatory term for a political hypocrite
in which he was a helicopter pilot. Mason used the word as a compound oxymoron to describe both his fear of combat ("chicken") and his attraction to it
Chickenhawk_(politics)
30th season in franchise history, first under ownership of Jerry Jones
says "Walker was never used properly by the coaching brain trust (a total oxymoron in this case)". Week 5: Dallas Cowboys at Green Bay Packers at Lambeau
1989_Dallas_Cowboys_season
churches in Singapore and stressed that "a homosexual Christian is an oxymoron." In August 2022, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong confirmed that Section
Yang_Tuck_Yoong
2014 single by Schoolboy Q featuring BJ the Chicago Kid
Interscope Records, as the third official single from his third album, Oxymoron (2014). The song, which features vocals from BJ the Chicago Kid, was recorded
Studio_(song)
2014 studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic
Regarding the title of the album, Yankovic commented that "That was just an oxymoron that I've always been amused by. It's used a lot in corporate retreats
Mandatory_Fun
English poet and philosopher (1623–1673)
Thell, "Meet the hottest early-modern philosopher. No, that's not an oxymoron. Margaret Cavendish's brilliant writing was largely neglected in the 1600s
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Margaret_Cavendish,_Duchess_of_Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1969 live album by Grateful Dead
meaning. It refers both to the band (the "Dead") playing live, and is an oxymoron, contrasting the two words in apparent contradiction. The artwork, created
Live/Dead
Student in the second year of schooling in some countries
bookish but poorly read of all ages. They are all 'sophomores'." This oxymoron points at the Greek words σοφός (sofos, 'wise') and μωρός (moros, 'fool')
Sophomore
Annual event to raise awareness of men's health problems
You Don't Know, Google It :: AdVirtues: virtuous advertising is not an oxymoron…and we can prove it!". AdVirtues. Archived from the original on 29 January
Movember
American economist and financial advisor (born 1926)
financial system were noted, (he and others) called for self-regulation—an oxymoron". Greenspan, according to The New York Times, says he himself is blameless
Alan_Greenspan
1962 novel by Anthony Burgess
the cold, the disciplined. I've brought them together in this kind of oxymoron, this sour-sweet word. — Anthony Burgess, An examination of Kubrick's A
A_Clockwork_Orange_(novel)
American scientist and science communicator (1934–1996)
Edward (ed.). "On Some Unfair Practices towards Claims of the Paranormal". Oxymoron: Annual Thematic Anthology of the Arts and Sciences. 2: The Fringe. ISSN 1090-2236
Carl_Sagan
1670 comédie-ballet by Molière
middle-class and the vain, snobbish aristocracy. The title is meant as an oxymoron: in Molière's France, a gentleman was by definition nobly born, and thus
Le_Bourgeois_gentilhomme
Doing something at or before a previously designated time
2014-02-01. White, Lawrence T. (2012-02-23). "Is "Punctuality Standard" an Oxymoron?". Psychology Today. Retrieved 2014-02-01. "Can Africa keep time?". BBC
Punctuality
2008 studio album by The Damned
(Sensible, Pinch) – 5:54 "Shallow Diamonds" – 3:34 "Since I Met You" (Monty Oxymoron) – 4:07 "A Danger to Yourself" – 4:04 "Maid for Pleasure" – 4:34 "Perfect
So,_Who's_Paranoid?
2000 American film
cry at the same time. Or are serious suds and serious ideas a cinematic oxymoron? At its best, Waking the Dead suggests an intellectually upscale answer
Waking_the_Dead_(film)
American actor (born 1995)
August 21, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2019. "Satellite Beach Movie". Oxymoron Entertainment. Archived from the original on September 30, 2019. Retrieved
Lukas_Gage
2012 film by Ektoras Lygizos
by Gregory Rentis Production companies Stefi Productions Guanaco 2/35 Oxymoron Films Fantasia Audiovisual Ltd. Release dates 5 July 2012 (2012-07-05)
Boy_Eating_the_Bird's_Food
Humor that alludes to itself
form of bathos. In general, self-referential humor often uses hypocrisy, oxymoron, or paradox to create a contradictory or otherwise absurd situation that
Self-referential_humor
American record producer and songwriter (born 1986)
Schoolboy Q's second album Habits & Contradictions (2012), his third album Oxymoron, and Isaiah Rashad's debut album Cilvia Demo (both 2014). Spears produced
Sounwave
Native American author and filmmaker (born 1966)
response: Let's get one thing out of the way: Mexican immigration is an oxymoron. Mexicans are indigenous. So, in a strange way, I'm pleased that the racist
Sherman_Alexie
Classical adage
(σπεῦδε βραδέως, pronounced [spêu̯.de bra.dé.ɔːs]) is a classical adage and oxymoron meaning "make haste slowly" (sometimes rendered in English as "more haste
Festina_lente
2015 novel by Ottessa Moshfegh
disturbing. Delightfully dour. Pleasingly perverse. These are some of the oxymorons that ran through my mind as I read Eileen, Ottessa Moshfegh's intense
Eileen_(novel)
Bengali feminist writer and social reformer (1880–1932)
21 April 2019. Sengupta, Kaiser (5 March 2022). "'Bengali Muslim' As An Oxymoron: Crisis And Conflict Of Identities | Bengal Renaissance". Archived from
Begum_Rokeya
Distinction in certain fields of language analysis
Immortality."—Emily Dickinson. Dickinson portrays death as a carriage driver. An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which a pair of opposite or contradictory terms
Literal and figurative language
Literal_and_figurative_language
Process a business or organization uses to acquire goods and services
Particia Moody argued in a 2001 article that "strategic purchasing remains an oxymoron". Most organizations use a three-way check as the foundation of their purchasing
Purchasing
American animal rights advocate and writer
Speciesism to Equality" The Vegan (Summer 2005) "Animal Rights "Welfarists": An Oxymoron" Satya Magazine (March 2005) "English and Speciesism" English Today (Vol
Joan_Dunayer
Motor vehicle
can communicate without difficulty. The model's name is essentially an oxymoron. Since the target audience of the concept car is young people, the company
Nissan_Round_Box
American filmmaker (born 1986)
Setbacks (exec.) (2011), Habits & Contradictions (also co-exec.) (2012), Oxymoron (assoc.) (2014), Blank Face LP (assoc.) (2016) SZA – Ctrl (assoc.) (2017)
Dave_Free
2026 studio album by the Damned
Captain Sensible – guitar, vocals Rat Scabies – drums Paul Gray – bass Monty Oxymoron – keyboards Brian James – featured guitar on "The Last Time" Mikal Blue
Not_Like_Everybody_Else
American singer, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist
Broke My Heart "Game Over" (with Queen Naija) Babyface Girls Night Out "Oxymoron" Oliver Tree Cowboy Tears Drown the World in a Swimming Pool of Sorrow
Dylan_Wiggins
Cemetery in Los Angeles, California
Retrieved June 6, 2023. The Living History Cemetery Tour may sound like an oxymoron, but $17 tickets sell out for the fall event in which earthly mortals portray
Angelus-Rosedale_Cemetery
2012 American film
Michos Edited by Malcolm Campbell Music by Brian Tyler Production companies Oxymoron Entertainment Blue Star Pictures G4 Pictures Distributed by Universal Pictures
Columbus_Circle_(film)
Schoolboy Q "Los Awesome" feat. Jay Rock Quincy Haley Johnny McKenzie Oxymoron Kap G "Cocaina Shawty" feat. Fabolous George Ramirez Like a Mexican Kylie
Pharrell Williams production discography
Pharrell_Williams_production_discography
CircleID. Raley, Rita (2013). "Data and countervailence". Raw Data Is an Oxymoron. MIT Press. pp. 121–146. ISBN 9780262518284. Zook, Matthew; Dodge, Martin;
Data_shadow
Private school in Portland, Oregon, U.S.
LeMieux, Julianna (16 November 2016). "Why 'Naturopathic Medicine' is an oxymoron". American Council on Science and Health. Retrieved 17 November 2017. Camhi
National University of Natural Medicine
National_University_of_Natural_Medicine
Honor presented to recording artists for quality rap albums
Hollywood Wiz Khalifa The New Classic Iggy Azalea Nobody's Smiling Common Oxymoron ScHoolboy Q 2016 To Pimp a Butterfly Kendrick Lamar 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Grammy Award for Best Rap Album
Grammy_Award_for_Best_Rap_Album
nordpresse.be Belgium 2014 The Onion theonion.com United States 1996 The Oxymoron theoxymoron.co.uk United Kingdom 2007 The Poke thepoke.com United Kingdom
List of satirical news websites
List_of_satirical_news_websites
American indie rock band
Tyler Trent. On March 12, the band played its first show opening for the Oxymorons at Wright State University's Rathskellar, under the name We'll Eat Anything
Brainiac_(band)
OXYMORON
OXYMORON
OXYMORON
OXYMORON
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old French and Middle English personal name Amys, Amice, which is either directly from Latin amicus ‘friend’, used as a personal name, or via a Late Latin derivative of this, Amicius.German : of uncertain origin. Perhaps a nickname for an active person, from a Germanic word related to Old High German amazzig ‘busy’. Compare modern German Ameise ‘ant’.William Ames, the son of Richard Ames of Bruton, Somerset, came to Braintree, MA, from England in about 1640. He had numerous prominent descendants.
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Shinning; Charming
Girl/Female
Australian, Spanish
Adoration
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi
Arrows
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Small.
Boy/Male
Afghan, Arabic, German, Hindu, Indian, Muslim, Sindhi
The One who is Forgiving; Lord Krishna; Forgiver
Girl/Female
Indian, Marathi
Do Not have Numerical Value for Comparison
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from a short form of Jessup, a variant of Joseph.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, French, Latin
Woodland; Born in the Spring; Goddess of Thieves; Grove of Alder Tree; The Alder Tree; Spring Like; To be Verdant
Boy/Male
Norse
From Denmark.
OXYMORON
OXYMORON
OXYMORON
OXYMORON
OXYMORON
n.
A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness.