expression composed of combined contrasts (e.g. "thunderous silence")
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Oxymoron Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness.
Noun
1. conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
(hypernym) trope, figure of speech, figure, image
Oxymoron Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
An oxymoron (plural oxymorons or oxymora) (from Greek ὀξύμωρον, "sharp dull") is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms. Oxymorons appear in a variety of contexts, including inadvertent errors such as ground pilot and literary oxymorons crafted to reveal a paradox.
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