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Whats is the definition of oxymoran
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In simple terms it’s a figure of speech that portrays self contradiction.
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An oxymoron is a rhetorical device that uses an ostensible self-contradiction to illustrate a rhetorical point or to reveal a paradox.
For example: you can have
“Open secret or big baby”
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An oxymoron is a figure of speech, usually one or two words, in which seemingly contradictory terms appear side by side. This contradiction is also known as a paradox.
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