Usually means: Contradictory terms appearing in conjunction.
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  1. oxymorons: Merriam-Webster
  2. oxymorons: Vocabulary.com
  3. Oxymorons, oxymorons: Wordnik
  4. oxymorons: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. oxymorons: Wiktionary
  6. oxymorons: Dictionary.com
  7. oxymorons: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Oxymorons: Glossary of English Grammar Terms

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  1. oxymorons: Encyclopedia

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  1. Oxymorons: Urban Dictionary

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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.
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