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An oxymoron (usual plural oxymorons, less commonly the Latin-style oxymora) is a figure of speech that juxtaposes elements that appear to be contradictory. Oxymorons appear in a variety of contexts, including inadvertent errors (such as "ground pilot") and literary oxymorons crafted to reveal a paradox. == Types == The most common form of oxymoron involves an adjective–noun combination of two words. For example, the following line from Tennyson's ''Idylls of the King'' contains two oxymorons: Other examples of oxymorons of this kind include: * Dark light * Frenemy * Living dead ''(but has been used for a type of supernatural being)'' * Guest host (also: Permanent guest host) * Crazy wisdom * Ethical egoism * Mournful optimist * Violent relaxation ''(but has been used as a technical term in development of galaxies)'' Less often seen are noun–verb combinations of two words, such as the line "The silence whistles" from Nathan Alterman's "Summer Night", or in a song title like Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence". Oxymorons are not always a pair of words; they can also be devised in the meaning of sentences or phrases. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「oxymoron」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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