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oxymoron

 

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Noun oxymoron has 1 sense
  1. oxymoron - conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
    --1 is a kind of
    trope, figure of speech, figure, image

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Oxymoron

Part of Speech: Noun

Definition: A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear together to create an intriguing or contradictory effect.

Sense 1: A rhetorical device that combines contradictory or contrasting words or concepts.

Example Sentence: The phrase "bittersweet sorrow" is an example of an oxymoron.

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