ossimoro

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ossimoro

/os.siˈmo.ro/
/osˈsi.mo.ro/

Where it comes from

dal greco ὀξύμωρον, composto da ὀξύς cioè "acuto" e μωρός cioè "sciocco, stupido"

noun ossimori

lingustica figura retorica che utilizza l'accostamento di due parole di significato opposto Caterina II di Russia regnò con un assolutismo illuminato

In English

oxymoron figure of speech
contradiction in terms expression in which components contradict one another

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@misc{ossimoro_2026,
  title = {ossimoro},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/it/ossimoro},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}