English-Czech translations for oxymoron

• oxymóron
  Patnáctiměsíční zpoždění, jak ve své zprávě napsala paní Paliadeliová, když čekáme na tři dopisy od výrobce automobilů, který se specializuje na rychlá vozidla, tomu říkám oxymóron. Fifteen month's delay, as Mrs Paliadeli said in her report - to see three letters from an automobile manufacturer which specialises in fast cars, what an oxymoron.

Definition of oxymoron

• A figure of speech in which two words or phrases with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect
• A contradiction in terms

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