Meanings
adjectiveoxymoronic (not comparable)
- not comparableOf or pertaining to an oxymoron.
The oxymoron is a common type of wordplay that, frankly, isn’t all that amusing or challenging to identify, unless of course one stumbles upon oxymora involving the word oxymoron, such as oxymoronic pleonasm or pleonastic oxymoron (a pleonasm is a linguistic redundancy like burning fire).
2015 May 15, Adam Lewis, “As a grammarian contrarian, I love opposites. But what about alternyms?”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 23 Feb 2016
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Translations
Finnish oksymoroninen
- oksymoroninenOf or pertaining to an oxymoron
French oxymorique, oxymoronique
- oxymoriqueOf or pertaining to an oxymoron
- oxymoroniqueOf or pertaining to an oxymoron
German oxymoronisch
- oxymoronischOf or pertaining to an oxymoron
Greek οξύμωρος
- οξύμωρος (oxýmoros)Of or pertaining to an oxymoron
Italian ossimorico
- ossimoricoOf or pertaining to an oxymoron
Polish oksymoroniczny
- oksymoronicznyOf or pertaining to an oxymoron
Russian оксюморо́нный, оксиморо́нный
- оксюморо́нный (oksjumorónnyj)Of or pertaining to an oxymoron
- оксиморо́нный (oksimorónnyj)Of or pertaining to an oxymoron
Spanish oximorónico
- oximorónicoOf or pertaining to an oxymoron
Cite this entry
APA
oxymoronic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oxymoronic
MLA
“oxymoronic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oxymoronic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oxymoronic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oxymoronic.
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