World Intelligence Glossary

 

  

 
   

Oxymoron

 

  

 
   

An oxymoron is a figure of speech that juxtaposes concepts with opposite meanings within a word or in a phrase that is a self-contradiction.

 

  

 
 

Examples of oxymorons

Accurate estimate

Climb down

Artificial wisdom

Three genders

Honest politician

Peaceful NATO

Democratic Nazism

U.S. democracy