Oxymoron

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 * Oxymorons** (or **oxymora**) are literary figures of speech usually composed of a pair of neighbouring contradictory words (often within a sentence). However this is not always the case. The //Webster Dictionary// defines **oxymoron**as "a combination of contradictory or incongruous words".


 * **open secret** || **larger half** || **clearly confused** ||
 * **act naturally** || **alone together** || **Hell's Angels** ||
 * **found missing** || **liquid gas** || **civil engineer** ||

An **oxymoron** is a word or a phrase that is self-**contradicting**, whereas a **contradiction** encompasses more than a word or phrase beacon light of hope flames of withering injustice joyous daybreak long night of their captivity crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination; island of poverty vast ocean of material prosperity; to cash a check. architects of our republic signing a promissory note to fall heir note defaulted on this promissory note bad check; a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justic

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