The meaning of Oxymoron
Oxymoron – definition
nounA figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true ).
nounA figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true)
Usage examples:
That fashionable rhetorical novelty, the humblebrag, is itself an oxymoron
nounA phrase or statement that seems to say two opposite things, as in "jumbo shrimp" and "agree to disagree"
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Word origin
mid 17th century: from Greek oxumōron, neuter (used as a noun) of oxumōros ‘pointedly foolish’, from oxus ‘sharp’ + mōros ‘foolish’.
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