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noun, masculine

oxymore

/ɔk.si.mɔʁ/

noun, masculine/ɔk.si.mɔʁ/plural: oxymores

oxymoron (figure of speech in which two words or phrases with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect)

Related: oxymorique

Learned borrowing from Latin oxymōrus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀξύμωρος (oxúmōros).