Oxymoron
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A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification isadded to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness.
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Two words that conflict with each other. Two words which do not agree with each other.
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A combination of contridictory words
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A two word phrase in which the words ironically contradict each other.
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An [Oxymoron] is two words, or a [compound word], with contradictory definitions. The most commonly-used example of an [oxymoron] is jumbo shrimp, as a shrimp is small by definition and therefore cannot be [jumbo].
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