oxymoron
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- Conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
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📰 This Word in the News:
How to Keep Business Ethics from Being an Oxymoron
Aug 13, 2026 The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Aug 13, 2026 The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
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