Oxymoron
Oxymoron
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Oxymoron: A figure of speech in which two contradictory words are combined to produce a rhetorical effect: “eloquent silence” Be fare thee well, most foul, most fair! farewell, Thou pure impiety and impious purity! Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing I must be cruel only to be kind. Shakespeare, Hamlet
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