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oxy·mo·ron [ˌɒksɪˈmɔ:rɒn, Am ˌɑ:ksɪˈmɔ:rɑ:n] SUBST (figure of speech)

oxymoron

Oxymoron nt <-s, -mo·ra> fachspr

oxymoron SUBST

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oxymoron

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The oxymoron of the liquid crystal is resolved through the notion of mesophases.

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Technically, "organic salt" in this context is an oxymoron, since this kind of salt is always inorganic.

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Paradox can take the form of an oxymoron, overstatement or understatement.

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But really talking about party manners seems a bit of an oxymoron.

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He believes that laissez-faire capitalism, historically speaking, is an oxymoron but has no quarrel with anarcho-capitalists who use the term and distinguish it from actually existing capitalism.

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Its simplicity, however, is grounded in a semantic web consisting of synonymy, homophony, and oxymoron buttressed by internal rhythm and external rhyme.

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I've brought them together in this kind of oxymoron, this sour-sweet word.

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The idea of a strict liability crime is an oxymoron.

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Oxymoron is grim, and it's gangsta, without once forgetting to have fun.

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But of course, in this case, since they could not get the joke, they could not hate the oxymoron.

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