• A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification isadded to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness.


    Oxymoron meaning & definition 1 of Oxymoron.


  • Two words that conflict with each other. Two words which do not agree with each other.

    Oxymoron meaning & definition 2 of Oxymoron.


  • A combination of contridictory words

    Oxymoron meaning & definition 3 of Oxymoron.


  • A two word phrase in which the words ironically contradict each other.

    Oxymoron meaning & definition 4 of Oxymoron.


  • 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].

    Oxymoron meaning & definition 5 of Oxymoron.

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