Definition of oxymoron Oxymoron
/ɑˌksiˈmɔˈɹɑn/ - [akseemoran] - ox•y•mo•ron
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What does oxymoron mean?
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NounPlural: oxymorons |
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| oxymoron - conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence') |
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Wiktionary 
- oxymoron (Noun)
A figure of speech in which two words with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect. - oxymoron (Noun)
A contradiction in terms .
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- oxymoron (n.)
A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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oxymoron
A figure of speech in which two words with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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oxymoron
ok-si-mō′ron, n. a figure of speech, by means of which two ideas of opposite meaning are combined, so as to form an expressive phrase or epithet, as cruel kindness, falsely true, &c. [Gr.,—oxys, sharp, mōros, foolish.]
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An oxymoron is made up of two or more words that seem to be opposite to each other, or actually are opposite.
For example, the words "Wise fool", "Warm freezer", "Legal murder" all have two words. In each one, the one word looks like the opposite of the other word.
You can have words that look opposite, but are right. For example, a "warm freezer" could be right. A freezer could be warm if it was turned off or left open.
Words that really are opposite to each other, would be words that just cannot be put together. For example, a "round square" could not happen because squares are not round.
Oxymorons sometimes appear in jokes. Sometimes, the joke is just to say that a pair of words are an oxymoron. For example, a joke that says that "honest politician" is an oxymoron. This means that politicians are dishonest, if the word 'politician' is opposite to 'honest'.
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