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