Usually means: Contradictory terms appearing in conjunction.
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  1. oxymora: Merriam-Webster
  2. oxymora: Collins English Dictionary
  3. oxymora: Vocabulary.com
  4. oxymora: Wiktionary
  5. oxymora: Dictionary.com
  6. Oxymora: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. oxymora: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. oxymora: Encyclopedia

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  1. oxymora: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See oxymoron as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (oxymoron)

noun:  (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which two words or phrases with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.
noun:  (loosely, sometimes proscribed) A contradiction in terms.
▸ Also see oxymoron


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