Oxymorons Definition

Oxymorons

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An oxymoron combines two terms that are normally contradictory:

real nightmare; living death; educated guess; plastic flowers

See Also:

Synecdoche; Acronym; Tautology; Portmanteau Word

Category:

Figure of Speech

Related to 'Oxymorons'

Anadiplosis
Antimetabole
Aphorism
Assonance
Asyndeton
Chiasmus
Epanadiplosis
Epanalepsis
Epistrophe
Epizeuxis
Figure of Speech
Hyperbole
Irony
Litotes
Meiosis
Metaphors
Pleonasm
Polyptoton
Redundancy
Sarcasm
Simile
Spoonerism
Tautology
Understatement
Zeugma

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