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Glossary of Linguistic Terms

Oxymoron

Definition:

An oxymoron is a collocation of words that have contradictory or sharply incongruous meanings.

Examples:
  • conspicuous by his absence
  • cruel kindness
  • thunderous silence
  • make haste slowly
Source:

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.

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