List of oxymorons

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List of oxymorons

• "Square circle".
• "Living dead".
• "fixed variables"
  • "There are a panoply of fixed variables which, if they were different than they are, would radically alter the reality of our universe." (Day, Vox, The Irrational Atheist, Benbella, Dallas, TX, 2008. pg 293.) Variable means "not consistent or having a fixed pattern" (from Oxford English Dictionary)
• "democratic republic" {understanding Classical definitions}.
  • Democracy is rule of the poor. (Aristotle) The classical republic is mixed government with no dominant class. (Wheeler)