oxymoron

Meaning of oxymoron

noun
  1. A figure of speech in which two words or phrases with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.
  2. (sometimes proscribed) A contradiction in terms.

Information about oxymoron

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of oxymoron is: oxymorons.
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Hyphenation of oxymoron

oxy-moron

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • oxymoron is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

oxymoron antonyms

Meaning :

pleonasm, redundancy

Translation of oxymoron

Words that rhyme with oxymoron

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