oxymoron

oxymoron
оксюморон
a combination of two semantically contradictory notions, that help to emphasise contradictory qualities simultaneously existing in the described phenomenon as a dialectical unity (V.A.K.)

"low skyscraper", "sweet sorrow", "nice rascal", "pleasantly ugly face", "horribly beautiful", "a deafening silence from Whitehall" (The Morning Star)

"The Beauty of the Dead", "to shout mutely", "to cry silently", "the street damaged by improvements" (O.Henry), "silence was louder than thunder" (J.Updike)

O brawling love! O loving hate! O heavy lightness! Serious vanity! Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick heath! (W.Shakespeare)

You have two beautiful bad examples for parents. (Sc.Fitzgerald)

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a combination of two words (mostly an adjective and a noun or an adverb with an adjective) in which the meanings of the two clash, being opposite in sense (I.R.G.)
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троп, состоящий в соединении двух контрастных по значению слов (обычно содержащих антонимичные семы), раскрывающий противоречимость описываемого.(I.V.A.)

And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true. (A.Tennyson)

He had a face like a plateful of mortal sins. (B.Behan)

See: lexical SDs

English-Russian dictionary of stylistics (terminology and examples) . 2014.

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  • oxymoron — [ ɔksimɔrɔ̃ ] n. m. • 1765; gr. oxumôron, de oxus « aigu » et môros « sot, fou » ♦ Rhét. Figure qui consiste à allier deux mots de sens contradictoires pour leur donner plus de force expressive (ex. Une douce violence; hâte toi lentement). On dit …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • oxymoron — is derived from two Greek words opposed in meaning, oxus ‘sharp’ and moros ‘dull’ or ‘stupid’. It is a figure of speech in which two words of opposite meaning are brought together for special effect, e.g. a cheerful pessimist and harmonious… …   Modern English usage

  • oxymoron — (n.) 1650s, from Gk. oxymoron, noun use of neuter of oxymoros (adj.) pointedly foolish, from oxys sharp (see ACRID (Cf. acrid)) + moros stupid (see MORON (Cf. moron)). Rhetorical figure by which contradictory terms are conjoined so as to give… …   Etymology dictionary

  • oxymoron — [äk΄si môr′än΄] n. pl. oxymora [äk΄si mô′rə] [LGr oxymōron < neut. of oxymōros, acutely silly: see OXY 2 & MORON] a figure of speech in which opposite or contradictory ideas or terms are combined (Ex.: thunderous silence, sweet sorrow)… …   English World dictionary

  • Oxymoron — Ox y*mo ron, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ???, fr. ??? pointedly foolish; oxy s sharp + mwro s foolish.] (Rhet.) A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Oxymōron — (gr.), ein scharfsinniger od. witziger Gedanke, der dem ersten Ansehen nach albern scheint, z.B. du schweigst, aber redest laut; od. ein witziger Contrast von widersprechenden Begriffen, z.B. süßer Schmerz, bitteres Vergnügen, eile mit Weile …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Oxymōron — (griech., »witzig dumm«), rhetorische Figur, bestehend in der sinnreichen Verbindung zweier sich scheinbar widersprechender Begriffe, z. B. ein beredtes Schweigen, geschäftiger Müßiggang …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Oxymoron — Oxymōron (grch.), spitzfindige Zusammenstellung von zwei sich scheinbar widersprechenden Begriffen (z.B. geschäftiger Müßiggang) …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • oxymoron — ► NOUN ▪ a figure of speech or expressed idea in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. bittersweet). DERIVATIVES oxymoronic adjective. ORIGIN from Greek oxum ros pointedly foolish …   English terms dictionary

  • Oxymoron — This article is about the contradiction in terms. For the punk band, see Oxymoron (band). An oxymoron (plural oxymorons or oxymora) (from Greek ὀξύμωρον, sharp dull ) is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms. Oxymorons appear in a… …   Wikipedia

  • Oxymoron — Ein Oxymoron (griechisch οξύμωρος oxys ‚scharf(sinnig)‘ und moros ‚dumm‘; Mehrzahl: Oxymora) ist eine rhetorische Figur, bei der eine Formulierung aus zwei gegensätzlichen, einander (scheinbar) widersprechenden oder sich gegenseitig… …   Deutsch Wikipedia


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