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Methods > Figures of speech > Oxymoron

Preferred term

2553Oxymoron  

Broader concept

Scope note

  • A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction in order to achieve emphasis or to reveal a paradox (e.g. "deafening silence"). 

Source

  • Literary devices (Oxymoron)
  • Μπίλλα 2010

Contributor

  • Katsiadakis Helen (AA)

Creator

  • Kalafata Patritsia (AA)

Notation

  • 2553

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https://humanitiesthesaurus.academyofathens.gr/dyas-resource/Concept/2553

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