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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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