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What is an oxymron?

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Updated: 9/18/2023

According to Oxford English Dictionary oxymoron n. figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true). [Greek, = pointedly foolish, from oxus sharp, moros dull]

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