Defenition of the word oxymoron

• Defenition of the word oxymoron

  • A figure of speech in which two words with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.
  • conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
  • conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence'')

Hypernyms for the word oxymoron

• • figure
  • figure of speech
  • image
  • trope

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