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ox·y·mo·ron
(ŏk′sē-môr′ŏn′)n. pl. ox·y·mo·rons or ox·y·mo·ra (-môr′ə)
A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist.
[Greek (attested only in Latin sources) oxumōron, an expression that is witty because paradoxical, from neuter of *oxumōros, pointedly foolish : Greek oxus, sharp, keen; see oxygen + mōros, dull, foolish.]
ox′y·mo·ron′ic (-mə-rŏn′ĭk) adj.
ox′y·mo·ron′i·cal·ly adv.
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oxymoronic
(ˌɒksɪˈmɔːrɒn)adj
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) literature of or relating to an oxymoron
adj
(Rhetoric) having the characteristics of an oxymoron
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