oxymoronically

ox·y·mo·ron (

-môr

, -m

n. pl. ox·y·mo·ra (-môr

, -m

) or ox·y·mo·rons

A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist.

[Greek oxumron, from neuter of oxumros, pointedly foolish : oxus, sharp; see oxygen + mros, foolish, dull.]

oxy·mo·ronic (-m

-r

k) adj.

oxy·mo·roni·cal·ly adv.

oxymoron [ˌɒksɪˈmɔːrɒn]

n pl -mora [-ˈmɔːrə]

(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) Rhetoric an epigrammatic effect, by which contradictory terms are used in conjunction living death fiend angelical

[via New Latin from Greek oxumōron, from oxus sharp + mōros stupid]

oxymoron

a rhetorical device or figure of speech in which contradictory or opposite words or concepts are combined for effect. — oxymoronic, adj.

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Noun

oxymoron - conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')

figure of speech, trope, image, figure - language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

Translations

oxymoron [ˌɒksɪˈmɔːrɒn] N (oxymora (pl)) [ˌɒksɪˈmɔːrə] → oxímoron m

oxymoron [ˌɒksɪˈmɔːrɒn] n → oxymore m

oxymoron

n → Oxymoron nt

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Saying that humanity is made for a more uncivilized life, in tune with nature, he offers a possible new way for people to live their lives, one that manages to be oxymoronically traditional and untraditional at the same time.

How Shall I Live My Life? by Small Press Bookwatch

Otherwise, I missed the chance to sup on sea bass with someone called Stavros Niarchos, whom the New York Post oxymoronically described the next day as being "of Paris Hilton and Olsen twin fame".

Super Bowl, Super Tuesday but little super fashion by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk

To this effect Good Morning, Night casts against the indifferent, lifeless--and, for the most part, eerily unreal--'official History' of historians the full-bodied reality of what could be called, somewhat oxymoronically, the experiential history of individual lives.

Film, literature, and terrorism: mapping Italy's political landscape ... by Testa, Carlo / Italica

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