10 Examples of Oxymorons
10. Impossible Solution
Some problems are very difficult to solve, but many of them are still solvable, even if it does take a nation’s brightest minds to achieve it. If a solution has been provided, then the solution must have been possible to achieve on account of it having been achieved.
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As such, the term “impossible solution” is a contradiction and, therefore, an oxymoron. The term is generally used to describe problems that have been extremely difficult to solve. They are described as impossible to highlight just how difficult they have been, even though it was not actually impossible in a literal sense.
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