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oxymoron

4 syllables · also oxymora
noun
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As a noun, oxymoron means a figure of speech in which two words or phrases with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.

Meanings of oxymoron

3 meanings

noun

  1. rhetoricA figure of speech in which two words or phrases with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.

  2. looselysometimes proscribedA contradiction in terms.

  3. Conjoining contradictory terms (as in ‘deafening silence’)

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Words that rhyme with oxymoron

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