oxymoron

[Ox`y*mo·ron]

Jumbo shrimp? Open secret? Use oxymoron to refer to a word or phrase that contradicts itself, usually to create some rhetorical effect.

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

Noun
conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence'')


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


Oxymoron

Ox`y*mo"ron , n. [NL., fr. Gr. , fr. pointedly foolish; sharp + foolish.] (Rhet.) A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness.

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

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Usage Examples

First, I have the privilege of being Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. It is not an oxymoron I assure you.

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Other Usage Examples

In terms of the romantic kind of lead, I just never enjoy those movies very much. Maybe they'll come to interest me more as I get older. I doubt it, but maybe. Romantic comedies tend to be, for me, an oxymoron.

My parents divorced when I was born, and my mother is a political science professor, like a feminist Mormon, which is sort of an oxymoron.

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