Look up: Oxymoron

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   Oxymoron
   apparent paradox achieved by the juxtaposition of words which seem to contradict one another.
   *Festina lente.
   *I must be cruel only to be kind. Shakespeare, Hamlet
   Found on http://www.uky.edu/AS/Classics/rhetoric.
   
   
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   Oxymoron
   Figure of speech containing two seemingly contradictory expressions e.g. 'Faith unfaithful kept him falsely true.' (Idylls of the King by Tennyson)
   Found on http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/glossary_of
   
   
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   oxymoron
   [n] - conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence`)
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
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   Oxymoron
   a figure of speech which yokes two contradictory terms
   Found on http://www.mantex.co.uk/samples/eng.htm
   
   
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   Oxymoron
   the technical term for a paradox which is expressed in two contradictory words. e.g. bitter sweet; love hate; bitter laughter.
   Found on http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~media/hrc_sty
   
   
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   Oxymoron
   Ox`y·mo'ron noun [ New Latin , from Greek ........., from ......... pointedly foolish; ......... sharp + ......... foolish.] (Rhet.) A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness ; laborious idleness .
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/62
   
   
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   oxymoron
   noun conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence`)
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   Oxymoron
   An `oxymoron` (plural `oxymorons` or, more rarely (yet correctly) , `oxymora`) is a figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms. `Oxymoron` is a loanword from Greek `oxy` (`sharp`) and `moros` (`dull`). Thus the word `oxymoron` is itself an oxymoron. Oxymorons are a proper subset of the expressions called contradictions in terms. What distinguishes oxymorons from other paradoxes and contradictions is that they are used intent...
   Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxymoron
   
   
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   Oxymoron
   • (n.) A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness.
   Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
   
   
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    oxymoron
    (from the article `paradox`) When a paradox is compressed into two words as in `loud silence,` `lonely crowd,` or `living death,` it is called an oxymoron.
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/o/44
    
    
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    oxymoron
    oxymoron (s), oxymora (pl) 1. A phrase in which two words of contradictory meaning are used together for special effect; such as, 'deafening silence','wise fool', or 'legal murder'. 2. A figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.” From ...
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    oxymoron
    an expression impossible in fact but not necessarily self-contradictory, such as John Milton's description of Hell as 'darkness visible' in Book I of Paradise Lost.
    Found on http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_r