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Definition of "oxymoronic" []

  • Of or pertaining to an oxymoron, in which contradictory terms are combined. (adjective)

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Use "oxymoronic" in a sentence
  • "Breath and vibration, breaking into this silent visual scene, suggest that something speechlike has happened to the representation of the Poet's desire, in oxymoronic tension with the "mute thoughts on the mute walls around" (120)."
  • "To put the words "efficiency" and the EU in the same sentence can only be described as oxymoronic or, if you like, simply moronic."
  • "I was wondering what idiot coined the oxymoronic "socialist-conservative," then I saw it was you, of course, trying to put a lame liberal spin on what your socialist-loving buddies are doing down in Arizona."
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