English-Estonian translations for oxymoron

• oksüümoron
  Kuid ma pean ütlema, et minu päritoluriigis võib see segadust tekitada, kuna mitte-õigusloomealase meetme kirjeldamine õigusaktina on Ühendkuningriigi mõiste kohaselt oksüümoron. But I am bound to say that in my Member State it may cause some confusion since a non-legislative action described as an act is possibly something of an oxymoron in UK terms.

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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