Oxymoron definitions

Oxymoron

1) Alone together 2) Apparent contradiction 3) Civil war 4) Clearly confused 5) Contradiction in terms 6) Deafening silence 7) Definite maybe 8) Definite maybe or open secret 9) Elevated subway 10) Figure 11) Figure of speech 12) German punk rock group 13) GUEST HOST 14) Head butt 15) Image 16) Light heavyweight
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Oxymoron

An oxymoron (plural oxymora or oxymorons) is a figure of speech that juxtaposes elements that appear to be contradictory. Oxymora appear in a variety of contexts, including inadvertent errors (such as `ground pilot`) and literary oxymorons crafted to reveal a paradox. == Types == The most common form of oxymoron involves an adjective–noun comb.....
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oxymoron

figure of speech combining contradictory terms
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Oxymoron

Using contradiction in a manner that oddly makes sense on a deeper level. Simple or joking examples
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Oxymoron

An expression impossible in fact but not necessarily self-contradictory, such as john milton's descr
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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 .
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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)
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Oxymoron

An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word. For example 'cruel kindness' or 'laborious idleness'.
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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
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oxymoron

[n] - conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence`)
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Oxymoron

A phrase composed of two words with contradictory meanings. For example original copy.
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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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