oksymoron

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Internationalism (see English oxymoron), ultimately from Latin oxymōrum, Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́μωρος (oxúmōros).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈoksymoron/, [ˈo̞ks̠yˌmo̞ro̞n]
  • Rhymes: -oron
  • Syllabification(key): ok‧sy‧mo‧ron

Noun

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oksymoron

  1. (rhetoric) oxymoron

Declension

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Inflection of oksymoron (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative oksymoron oksymoronit
genitive oksymoronin oksymoronien
partitive oksymoronia oksymoroneja
illative oksymoroniin oksymoroneihin
singular plural
nominative oksymoron oksymoronit
accusative nom. oksymoron oksymoronit
gen. oksymoronin
genitive oksymoronin oksymoronien
partitive oksymoronia oksymoroneja
inessive oksymoronissa oksymoroneissa
elative oksymoronista oksymoroneista
illative oksymoroniin oksymoroneihin
adessive oksymoronilla oksymoroneilla
ablative oksymoronilta oksymoroneilta
allative oksymoronille oksymoroneille
essive oksymoronina oksymoroneina
translative oksymoroniksi oksymoroneiksi
abessive oksymoronitta oksymoroneitta
instructive oksymoronein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of oksymoron (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

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Polish

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Etymology

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Internationalism; compare English oxymoron, French oxymoron, German Oxymoron, ultimately from Latin oxymōrum, Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́μωρος (oxúmōros).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɔk.sɘˈmɔ.rɔn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔrɔn
  • Syllabification: ok‧sy‧mo‧ron

Noun

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oksymoron m inan

  1. (rhetoric) oxymoron (figure of speech)
    Synonym: antylogia
  2. oxymoron (contradiction in terms)

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Derived terms

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adjective

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