ox·y·mo·ron (ks-môrn, -mr-)
n. pl. ox·y·mo·ra (-môr, -mr) or ox·y·mo·rons
A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist.
A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness.
conjoining contradictory terms.
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