Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - oxymoron
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(oxymorons) If you describe a phrase as an oxymoron, you mean that what it refers to combines two opposite qualities or ideas and therefore seems impossible. (TECHNICAL) This has made many Americans conclude that business ethics is an oxymoron. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun (plural oxymora) Etymology: Late Greek oxymoron, from neuter of oxymoros pointedly foolish, from Greek oxys sharp, keen + moros foolish Date: 1657 a combination of contradictory or incongruous words (as cruel kindness); broadly something (as a concept) that is made up of contradictory or incongrous elements • ~ic adjective • ~ically adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. rhet. a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true). Etymology: Gk oxumoron neut. of oxumoros pointedly foolish f. oxus sharp + moros foolish ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 1657, from Gk. oxymoron, noun use of neut. of oxymoros (adj.) "pointedly foolish," from oxys "sharp" + moros "stupid." Rhetorical figure by which contradictory terms are conjoined so as to give point to the statement or expression. Now often used loosely to mean "contradiction in terms." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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