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Oxymoron (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples
Oxymoron (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples
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noun,
plural
ox·y·mo·ra
[ok-si-
mawr
-
uh
, -
mohr
-
uh
],
/ˌɒk sɪˈmɔr ə, -ˈmoʊr ə/,
ox·y·mor·ons.
Rhetoric
.
a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.”
noun
plural
-mora
(
-ˈmɔːrə
)
an epigrammatic effect, by which contradictory terms are used in conjunction
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