Another term for oxymorons
Is there a term incongruous to domestic violence, where the word “domestic” softens the meaning of “violence”, or Big Brother, which is not literally an oxymoron but is so in its definition?
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is it like to have a karaoke night?
If you really consider “domestic” to imply peaceful
tranquility, “domestic violence” is an oxymoron and you don’t need any other word. People confound it with “paradox” but it’s really a rhetorical device where markedly opposed or contradictory terms are conjoined for effect.
B. If you only mean that “domestic” modifies the meaning of “domestic violence”, that’s just called a compound noun and there’s nothing contradictory about it. What is the difference between a class of violence and other offenses?
C. The disconnect between the name Big Brother and the oppressive reality of the world described in 1984 is textbook irony : the expression of one’s meaning through words normally intending the opposite for rhetorical, literary, or humorous effect.
Are you looking for ” wooden” iron?
According to
Wikipedia, wooden iron is a polemical term used in philosophical rhetoric to describe the impossibility of an opposing argument. The term is a German proverbial oxymoron, which synthesizes the concept of the “wooden”, which is organic, with the concept of “iron” which is inorganic. Such a contradictio in adjecto is a logical inconsistency. What does it occur when a modifying adjective opposes its noun, as in “square circle,” “freezing fire,” “boiling snow,” or “hard liquid”? What
is the best way to describe wikipedia as the perfect place for us to spend our time?
If you really consider “domestic” to imply peaceful
tranquility, “domestic violence” is an oxymoron and you don’t need any other word. People confound it with “paradox” but it’s really a rhetorical device where markedly opposed or contradictory terms are conjoined for effect.
B. If you only mean that “domestic” modifies the meaning of “domestic violence”, that’s just called a compound noun and there’s nothing contradictory about it. What is the difference between a class of violence and other offenses?
C. The disconnect between the name Big Brother and the oppressive reality of the world described in 1984 is textbook irony : the expression of one’s meaning through words normally intending the opposite for rhetorical, literary, or humorous effect.
lmotoa (also called oxymoron) both has two same adjectives: mous strong and moros stupid. As for other adjectives, they say that there is no difference between the two terms. oxymoron means any phrase in any speech containing osmosis, no ostremations, or any contradiction. https://en.wikipedia.org/?p=2614241927. Wikipedia:
Org/wiki/Oxymoron.index.html?
How do words of
the Greek oxymoron relate to English language? This is one such example (in which both pairs of terms fit quite well). What is English Dictionary for understanding the words in Divinity, Husbandry and Physical sciences? By schoolmaster Elisa Coles and published in 1717 has a very simple definition of the word “An epithet of contrary signification”. Can you please be respectful of the word Epithet?
This definition is significant if not only because it is the earliest recorded instance I can find on Google Books. How do I find a use of the English word for the first time after Google nGram 5.1? I can’t trace the word as far back as I would like in this case, but such is life.
I believe that the word epithet is quite important. In many old English terms dictionary definitions use the word epithet in their definitions. An English Dictionary, Volume 1 by Nathan Bailey (1738); A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson (1755); A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language, written by John Walker (1806) and The American Dictionary of the English Language (A. D.E.L.) by Noah Webster (1st ed. ), 1st ed. 1828, 2nd ed. 1841; The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia by William Dwight Whitney et al (1989) and probably all of Merriam Webster’s unabridged dictionaries up until at least the Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) use epithet in their definition, so I figure that it is an important word.
Their definitions are slightly different from Elisa Cole’s though, in that they are more complete. Is a rhetorical figure a phrase for some exact opposite significations
in a word; as cruel kindness? I would
also like to note the word epithet has a very specific meaning to Webster in A.D.E.L. as: an
adjective expressing some real quality of the thing to which it is applied, or an attributive expressing some quality ascribed to it; as, a verdant lawn; a brilliant appearance; a just man; an accurate description Is sometimes used for name, expression, or description; or its wrongly used, on an incorrect occasion.
I would like to note that this is Noah Webster! He is known for criticism when he believed their peers were suggesting nonsense, so having taken special note of the word “epithet”, it seems to me as if he would have corrected his definition of oxymoron if he thought the word was inapplicable. However the example suggests that he believed it was perfectly suited as it is not simply a contradiction. Is there an element of accuracy to a piece of writing?
A cruel kindness is used to characterize that an action that might otherwise be considered kind would lead to a cruel result. An example can be found in Chapter VI of Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1818) in a letter from Alphonse Frankenstein to his son:
My dear Victor.
You have likely waited impatiently for a letter to fix the date of your return to us; and I was at first tempted to write only a few lines, merely mentioning the day on which I should expect you. What would be a cruel kindness to not do. What would be your surprise, my son, when you expected a happy and gay welcome to behold, on the contrary, tears and wretchedness? Can absence have rendered you callous to our griefs; and how shall I inflict on an absent child? I wish to prepare you for the woful news but I it is impossible; even now your eye skims over the page to seek the which are to convey to you the tidings.
William Vance “wilhelm,” dead? — that sweet daughter whose smiles delighted and warmed my heart who, was gentle, yet so gay! Was Victor murdered?
What will you say to the seller of the business? Until
2003, the long tradition of using the word epithet in dictionary definitions of the word seems to end with Merriam-Webster’s Second New International Dictionary (1933), as the subsequent unabridged dictionary, The New International Dictionary Second Edition uses a somewhat different
definition: A combinations for epigrammatic effect of contradictory or incongruous words (cruel kindness; laborious idleness).
As The New International Dictionary notes it is using a similar method as the earlier dictionaries except it uses the word epigrammatic instead of epithet, and given the definitions which came before it, it references this relatively new meaning: A bright or witty thought, tersely
- expressed and often involving an apparent contradiction (Some are too foolish to commit follies); also epigrammatic expression
When you consider the Greek and Greek etymons for the word make sense. The definitions of oxymoron are retained in the Third Edition, first published in 1961, which is the most recent of Merriam-Webster’s printed unabridged dictionaries and still in print.
Why does the antidote be
true while the contrary come true? Being a sort of true statement that seem to be false makes it more or less a subcategory of “Paradox “. Related to a statement or preposition which at first view seems
absurd, or at variance with common sense, or which apparently contradicts some ascertained truth or received opinion, though on investigation or when explained it may appear to be well founded. As a rhetorical figure its use is well exemplified in the first quotation.
As unknown and yet well known; as dying and behold we live; as chastened and not killed; as sorrowful yet always rejoicing; as poor yet making many rich; as having nothing and yet possessing all things. Cor. II. (A. P.) vii, 9, 10 n.i.a. vi, 9.x n.x n.y. n. n. 1, 2.xn. f. vii, 9,10 n. f., (c.l.i.), 10.xb vii, 9,10.vii. vi
What is the thing to note here, is that appropriately speaking, both the oxymoron and the paradox appear to be rhetorical words describing what seems to be a self-contradiction upon first impression, but as a matter of fact, turn out to have at least some element of truth to them. The main difference is that the oxymoron is more restricted in applicability, mostly applying only to word pair?
What does this analogization mean?
What are rhetoricians calling Oxymoron an epigram?
Wardle was happiest when she was most miserable.
The Dublin Review Volume 116 also refers to “breathing corpse” as both an oxymoron and a paradox in Art. V..—Mr. Rucker. How to write a critique of Swineburne’s “Studies in writing, poetics and prose:” A Critique, on page 327 in the context of describing a dying man who seemed to have already lost his wits.
The Brigham Young University’s Silva Rhetorica, which is written by Gideon O. Burton (Ph.D.). And the The Stray and the Brigham Young University’s. Daphne Langer. D. in Rhetoric), and licensed under the CC-BY-SA 2.3.3 (No attribution). D. in Rhetoric), and licensed under the CC-BY-SA 3. 0 terms, has these excerpts from its Oxymoron
entry: Placing two ordinarily opposing terms adjacent to one another. The compression paradox in Mathematics.
And also its paradox entry :
- A statement that is self-contradictory on the surface yet seems to evoke a truth nonetheless.
Whatis the answer for Whoever loses his life there shall find it.
As an
alternative to oxymoron, paradox is a much broader word than paradox, so if you are seeking a direct replacement, you need to further restrict it. It is possible to append paradox with a noun, by appending paradox with adjectival form. I think the closest you may get is a paradoxical term, or phrase. Statement might also be considered if you want to limit the sense to words, without much care for the length.
How do words of
the Greek oxymoron relate to English language? This is one such example (in which both pairs of terms fit quite well). What is English Dictionary for understanding the words in Divinity, Husbandry and Physical sciences? By schoolmaster Elisa Coles and published in 1717 has a very simple definition of the word “An epithet of contrary signification”. Can you please be respectful of the word Epithet?
This definition is significant if not only because it is the earliest recorded instance I can find on Google Books. How do I find a use of the English word for the first time after Google nGram 5.1? I can’t trace the word as far back as I would like in this case, but such is life.
I believe that the word epithet is quite important. In many old English terms dictionary definitions use the word epithet in their definitions. An English Dictionary, Volume 1 by Nathan Bailey (1738); A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson (1755); A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language, written by John Walker (1806) and The American Dictionary of the English Language (A. D.E.L.) by Noah Webster (1st ed. ), 1st ed. 1828, 2nd ed. 1841; The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia by William Dwight Whitney et al (1989) and probably all of Merriam Webster’s unabridged dictionaries up until at least the Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) use epithet in their definition, so I figure that it is an important word.
Their definitions are slightly different from Elisa Cole’s though, in that they are more complete. Is a rhetorical figure a phrase for some exact opposite significations
in a word; as cruel kindness? I would
also like to note the word epithet has a very specific meaning to Webster in A.D.E.L. as: an
adjective expressing some real quality of the thing to which it is applied, or an attributive expressing some quality ascribed to it; as, a verdant lawn; a brilliant appearance; a just man; an accurate description Is sometimes used for name, expression, or description; or its wrongly used, on an incorrect occasion.
I would like to note that this is Noah Webster! He is known for criticism when he believed their peers were suggesting nonsense, so having taken special note of the word “epithet”, it seems to me as if he would have corrected his definition of oxymoron if he thought the word was inapplicable. However the example suggests that he believed it was perfectly suited as it is not simply a contradiction. Is there an element of accuracy to a piece of writing?
A cruel kindness is used to characterize that an action that might otherwise be considered kind would lead to a cruel result. An example can be found in Chapter VI of Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1818) in a letter from Alphonse Frankenstein to his son:
My dear Victor.
You have likely waited impatiently for a letter to fix the date of your return to us; and I was at first tempted to write only a few lines, merely mentioning the day on which I should expect you. What would be a cruel kindness to not do. What would be your surprise, my son, when you expected a happy and gay welcome to behold, on the contrary, tears and wretchedness? Can absence have rendered you callous to our griefs; and how shall I inflict on an absent child? I wish to prepare you for the woful news but I it is impossible; even now your eye skims over the page to seek the which are to convey to you the tidings.
William Vance “wilhelm,” dead? — that sweet daughter whose smiles delighted and warmed my heart who, was gentle, yet so gay! Was Victor murdered?
What will you say to the seller of the business? Until
2003, the long tradition of using the word epithet in dictionary definitions of the word seems to end with Merriam-Webster’s Second New International Dictionary (1933), as the subsequent unabridged dictionary, The New International Dictionary Second Edition uses a somewhat different
definition: A combinations for epigrammatic effect of contradictory or incongruous words (cruel kindness; laborious idleness).
As The New International Dictionary notes it is using a similar method as the earlier dictionaries except it uses the word epigrammatic instead of epithet, and given the definitions which came before it, it references this relatively new meaning: A bright or witty thought, tersely
- expressed and often involving an apparent contradiction (Some are too foolish to commit follies); also epigrammatic expression
When you consider the Greek and Greek etymons for the word make sense. The definitions of oxymoron are retained in the Third Edition, first published in 1961, which is the most recent of Merriam-Webster’s printed unabridged dictionaries and still in print.
Why does the antidote be
true while the contrary come true? Being a sort of true statement that seem to be false makes it more or less a subcategory of “Paradox “. Related to a statement or preposition which at first view seems
absurd, or at variance with common sense, or which apparently contradicts some ascertained truth or received opinion, though on investigation or when explained it may appear to be well founded. As a rhetorical figure its use is well exemplified in the first quotation.
As unknown and yet well known; as dying and behold we live; as chastened and not killed; as sorrowful yet always rejoicing; as poor yet making many rich; as having nothing and yet possessing all things. Cor. II. (A. P.) vii, 9, 10 n.i.a. vi, 9.x n.x n.y. n. n. 1, 2.xn. f. vii, 9,10 n. f., (c.l.i.), 10.xb vii, 9,10.vii. vi
What is the thing to note here, is that appropriately speaking, both the oxymoron and the paradox appear to be rhetorical words describing what seems to be a self-contradiction upon first impression, but as a matter of fact, turn out to have at least some element of truth to them. The main difference is that the oxymoron is more restricted in applicability, mostly applying only to word pair?
What does this analogization mean?
What are rhetoricians calling Oxymoron an epigram?
Wardle was happiest when she was most miserable.
The Dublin Review Volume 116 also refers to “breathing corpse” as both an oxymoron and a paradox in Art. V..—Mr. Rucker. How to write a critique of Swineburne’s “Studies in writing, poetics and prose:” A Critique, on page 327 in the context of describing a dying man who seemed to have already lost his wits.
The Brigham Young University’s Silva Rhetorica, which is written by Gideon O. Burton (Ph.D.). And the The Stray and the Brigham Young University’s. Daphne Langer. D. in Rhetoric), and licensed under the CC-BY-SA 2.3.3 (No attribution). D. in Rhetoric), and licensed under the CC-BY-SA 3. 0 terms, has these excerpts from its Oxymoron
entry: Placing two ordinarily opposing terms adjacent to one another. The compression paradox in Mathematics.
And also its paradox entry :
- A statement that is self-contradictory on the surface yet seems to evoke a truth nonetheless.
Whatis the answer for Whoever loses his life there shall find it.
As an
alternative to oxymoron, paradox is a much broader word than paradox, so if you are seeking a direct replacement, you need to further restrict it. It is possible to append paradox with a noun, by appending paradox with adjectival form. I think the closest you may get is a paradoxical term, or phrase. Statement might also be considered if you want to limit the sense to words, without much care for the length.
Try a contradiction in terms (with no expression) or just contradiction (with no word)
A word or expression in which the components words of the phrase contradict each other, often unintentionally, or are said to do so when seen from a particular point of view.
- What does “A miniature giant” means?
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