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Oxymoron

An oxymoron (plurals: oxymorons and oxymora) is a figure of speech that juxtaposes concepts with opposite meanings within a word or in a phrase that is a self-contradiction. Examples would be "bittersweet" or "cruel kindness".

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"Comical oxymoron"

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Oxymoron

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Edges57
Triples33
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.034483
Components1

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Oxymoron

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related to "Comical oxymoron" · 12
Oxymoron → An, Buckley, Comical, Daredevil, Examples, Garry Wills, George Carlin, In, Lederer, The, This, William
related to Types and examples · 9
Oxymoron → English, Greek, He, In, Lederer, Noyes, Oxymorons, There, United Nations
related to Antonym pairs · 7
Oxymoron → Chinese, For, In, Listing, Sanskrit, The Italian, Western
related to References · 5
Oxymoron → JSTOR, On, Poetics Today, Shen, Yeshayahu

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oxymorons word term greek example examples would also compound good two meanings rhetorical contradiction english phrase recorded comical paradox meaning

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Oxymoronrelated to "Comical oxymoron"Garry Wills0.60section
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Oxymoronrelated to "Comical oxymoron"Examples0.60section
Oxymoronrelated to "Comical oxymoron"George Carlin0.60section

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