oxymorons in English
noun
1
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g., faith unfaithful kept him falsely true ).
Yes, but it does leave a reader ever more certain that the term ‘mature male’ is an oxymoron .
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1. Synonyms for Antinomies include paradoxes, juxtapositions, oddities, oxymorons, mistakes, error, irony, nonsense, quandaries and ambiguity
2. Synonyms for Aporias include contradiction, impasses, paradoxes, incongruousness, challenges, oxymorons, ambiguity, discrepancies, contraventions and contradictions