Oxymoron

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A figure of speech in which two words with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.
  • n. A contradiction in terms.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In rhetoric, a figure consisting in adding to a word an epithet or qualification apparently contradictory; in general, close connection of two words seemingly opposed to each other (as, cruel kindness; to make haste slowly); an expression made epigrammatic or pointed by seeming self-contradictory.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    figure    trope    image    figure of speech   
    Cross Reference
    Oxymorons   
    Variant
    oxymora   
    Form
    oxymoronically    oxymoronic   
    Same Context
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