Definition of Oximoron
||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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A figure of speech in which two words of opposing meanings are used together to express two contrasting qualities in one concept.
"Bitter-sweet" is an example of an oxymoron; memories that are bitter-sweet are both painful and pleasant to recall.
- (non-standard) A contradiction in terms.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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