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DEFINITION - Oxymoron

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Post  Vincent Law Sun Apr 08, 2012 7:17 am

DEFINITION - Oxymoron:

n. pl. 'ox·y·mo·ra' (-môr, -mr) or 'ox·y·mo·rons'

A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined.
Ex: "a deafening silence" - "a mournful optimist".

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