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oxymoron
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[ˌɒksɪˈmɔːrɒn], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true)
(e.g: that fashionable rhetorical novelty, the humblebrag, is itself an oxymoron)
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Origin
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mid 17th century: from Greek oxumōron, neuter (used as a noun) of oxumōros ‘pointedly foolish’, from oxus ‘sharp’ + mōros ‘foolish’
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