By opposite, I mean both words which make sense, like "marginal extra" as well as those that are technically incorrect, like "free gift" or "repeat again" .... If there isn't a word for this, let's make one !! ... Ha, nice. The word that's an antonym of "oxymoron" is "tautology." ; I prefer "oxygenius", but hey,
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(3) Now you can understant well about diffrent between a paradox and oxymoron and they could be expressed as simply a paradox is two opposite facts and an oxymoron is two opposite words,
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Is there a word which means the opposite to oxymoron (i.e when a noun implies, and thus makes redundant, the adjective put in front of it)? Don't ask for an example as I... ... OK, so the definition of an Oxymoron, is two words with opposite meanings used together to create a specific thing.. "Jumbo Shrimp" or...
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Basically, a pleonasm is a redundant expression like "in one's own mind." It is the opposite of an oxymoron, which is an apparent contradiction like "artificial intelligence" or "airplane food." If prizes were awarded for the best oxymorons, "virtual reality" would certainly be a winner.
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Pleonasm: sort of the opposite of an oxymoron, the adj or adv agrees with the noun. eg. Wet Water (what else could water be?) Tautology: a pleonasm whose terms are joined by a copula. eg. At the center is the middle.
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The list of pleonasms which were here previously are now located at this Pleonasms or Tautological Redundancies site. ... Pleonasms or Tautological Redundancies ... Avoid redundancies by not using unnecessary repetitions and superfluous words.
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Top questions and answers about Opposite-of-Oxymoron. Find 2 questions and answers about Opposite-of-Oxymoron at Ask.com Read more. ... Is this a kind of oxymoron since happy and clam are opposite ??
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"Bitter sweet" is an example of an oxymoron. Here we have a combination of two words ("bitter" and "sweet"), which mean exactly the opposite. An oxymoron is usually defined as a phrase in which two words of contradictory meaning are brought together.
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Oxymoron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An oxymoron (plural oxymora (greek plural) or, more often, oxymorons ) ("sharply dull" in Greek) is a figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms. They appear in a range of c...
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