Oxymoron

[,ɒksɪ'mɔːrɒn] or [,ɑksɪ'mɔrɑn]

Definition

(noun.) conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence').

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Definition

(n.) A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness.

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Definition

n. a figure of speech by means of which two ideas of opposite meaning are combined so as to form an expressive phrase or epithet as cruel kindness falsely true &c.

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