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Definition of oxymoron in English: oxymoronnoun ˌɒksɪˈmɔːrɒnˌɑksəˈmɔrˌɑn A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true). 矛盾形容法，逆喻（如“不诚实的诚实使他保持虚假的正确”） Example sentencesExamples - What he has written is contemporary history, if the term is not altogether an oxymoron.
- In the annals of oxymorons, this has to be among the most oxymoronic.
- The prose poem is a hybrid form, an anomaly if not a paradox or oxymoron.
- If these terms sound like oxymorons, that's because they are.
- Prisoners of hope are living, breathing oxymorons.
- But several are exclusively concerned with the funeral trade, its absurd oxymorons - ‘the future of death’ - and its expansion into a global industry.
- I mean, this is an oxymoron, there's nothing free about the speech today.
- He is a man who, when he was pillaging for the Federal government, reduced the term Public Service to an oxymoron.
- Yes, but it does leave a reader ever more certain that the term ‘mature male’ is an oxymoron.
- The term native-English speaker itself can be an oxymoron sometimes.
- Your Honour secondly asked about the phrase, the apparent oxymoron of non-exclusive possession acts.
- By contrast, the very idea of false knowledge is an oxymoron.
- Another triumph for military intelligence, the finest of all oxymorons.
- Speech was a required elective (which is, in the eyes of the high school student, one of the most contradictory oxymorons to be commonly spoken in the English language).
- Is there a safe gun or is that an oxymoron like a safe cigarette?
- An oxymoron is a combination of contradictory or incongruous words such as ‘gentle violence’.
- I have no desire to drive those two oxymorons, ‘classic rock’ and ‘young country,’ from the air.
- One day I sat her down to explain to her the word oxymoron and then to describe a magnificent and bucolic world of insults.
- A medley of oxymorons, contradictions, and double-standards.
- The idea of a light of darkness is certainly an oxymoron, certainly a contradiction in terms, and yet we find that among various mystics.
Synonyms contradiction, contradiction in terms, self-contradiction, inconsistency, incongruity, anomaly, conflict
Derivativesadjective As their name suggests, ‘romances of real life’ denote a self-consciously oxymoronic genre. Example sentencesExamples - This might sound oxymoronic, but the fact is relaxation has turned into an aggressive sport.
- It is that tension between safety and satire that has traditionally rendered oxymoronic the very notion of corporate comedy.
- ‘Visual Music’ is not as oxymoronic as its title suggests.
- I'd never have believed it then, but looking back, I think I might have been wearing that most oxymoronic of things: a rebel uniform.
OriginMid 17th century: from Greek oxumōron, neuter (used as a noun) of oxumōros 'pointedly foolish', from oxus 'sharp' + mōros 'foolish'. Definition of oxymoron in US English: oxymoronnounˌäksəˈmôrˌänˌɑksəˈmɔrˌɑn A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true). 矛盾形容法，逆喻（如“不诚实的诚实使他保持虚假的正确”） Example sentencesExamples - The idea of a light of darkness is certainly an oxymoron, certainly a contradiction in terms, and yet we find that among various mystics.
- By contrast, the very idea of false knowledge is an oxymoron.
- If these terms sound like oxymorons, that's because they are.
- Speech was a required elective (which is, in the eyes of the high school student, one of the most contradictory oxymorons to be commonly spoken in the English language).
- But several are exclusively concerned with the funeral trade, its absurd oxymorons - ‘the future of death’ - and its expansion into a global industry.
- Is there a safe gun or is that an oxymoron like a safe cigarette?
- I have no desire to drive those two oxymorons, ‘classic rock’ and ‘young country,’ from the air.
- The term native-English speaker itself can be an oxymoron sometimes.
- One day I sat her down to explain to her the word oxymoron and then to describe a magnificent and bucolic world of insults.
- He is a man who, when he was pillaging for the Federal government, reduced the term Public Service to an oxymoron.
- I mean, this is an oxymoron, there's nothing free about the speech today.
- An oxymoron is a combination of contradictory or incongruous words such as ‘gentle violence’.
- In the annals of oxymorons, this has to be among the most oxymoronic.
- Yes, but it does leave a reader ever more certain that the term ‘mature male’ is an oxymoron.
- A medley of oxymorons, contradictions, and double-standards.
- The prose poem is a hybrid form, an anomaly if not a paradox or oxymoron.
- What he has written is contemporary history, if the term is not altogether an oxymoron.
- Your Honour secondly asked about the phrase, the apparent oxymoron of non-exclusive possession acts.
- Prisoners of hope are living, breathing oxymorons.
- Another triumph for military intelligence, the finest of all oxymorons.
Synonyms contradiction, contradiction in terms, self-contradiction, inconsistency, incongruity, anomaly, conflict
OriginMid 17th century: from Greek oxumōron, neuter (used as a noun) of oxumōros ‘pointedly foolish’, from oxus ‘sharp’ + mōros ‘foolish’. |