HyperDic: oxymoron

English > 1 sense of the word oxymoron:
NOUNcommunicationoxymoronconjoining contradictory terms (as in 'deafening silence')
oxymoron > pronunciation
Soundsaa.ksiy'mao'raan
RhymesAbidjan ... Yukon: 149 rhymes with aan...
English > oxymoron: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaningconjoining contradictory terms (as in 'deafening silence').
Broadertrope, figure of speech, figure, imagelanguage used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Spanishoxímoron
Catalanoxímoron

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