Words Like OXYMORON

We have put together a list of words that are similar to OXYMORON.

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4 definitions of oxymoron

1 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.

2 A figure of speech in which two words with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.

3 A contradiction in terms.

4 conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')

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