Associations to the word «Oxymoron»

Wiktionary

OXYMORON, noun. A figure of speech in which two words with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.
OXYMORON, noun. (general) A contradiction in terms.

Dictionary definition

OXYMORON, noun. Conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence').

Wise words

Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?
Aeschylus