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An oxymoron (plural oxymora or, more commonly, oxymorons) (noun) is a figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms (e.g. “deafening silence”).
Oxymoron is a Greek term derived from oxy (“sharp”) and moros (“dull”). The meaning is “that which is sharp and dull,” thereby designating and also exhibiting an opposition between [...]