ox·y·mo·ron

/ˌɒk
sɪˈmɔr
ɒn, -ˈmoʊr-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ok-si-mawr-on, -mohr-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun, plural -mo·ra

/-ˈmɔr
ə, -ˈmoʊr
ə/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[-mawr-uh, -mohr-uh] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation. Rhetoric. a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.”
ox·y·mo·ron

(ŏk'sē-môr'ŏn', -mōr'-)
Pronunciation Key n.
pl. ox·y·mo·ra (-môr'ə, -mōr'ə) 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.Military Intelligence.
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