OXYMORON: a combination of contradictory or incongruous words (as cruel kindness); broadly : something (as a concept) that is made up of contradictory or incongruous elements One of my favorite examples is "military intelligence". read more
An oxymoron is a figure of speech which contains self contradictory words or ideas. Atheism is the lack of belief in any gods. It is the mutually exclusive opposite of theism, not theism. read more
Atheism is the lack of belief in a deity or "God," therefore "religious atheism" is an oxymoron. As for Buddhism, yes, it is atheistic because it denies the existence of an eternal, omnipotent God who is considered to be the creator of the world. read more
When two ideas seem to contradict each other, we call it an oxymoron. Drawing a clear understanding of what an oxymoron is can be achieved by simply looking at the word ‘oxymoron’; oxymoron is an oxymoron. Oxymoron is actually two words put together in the same way as compound words like jellyfish, fingernail, jigsaw, toothbrush, etc. read more