oxymoronicadj.
/ˌɒksɪmɔːˈrɒnɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌɑksəˌmɔˈrɑnɪk/, /ˈˌɑksiˌmɔˈrɑnɪk/ That is an oxymoron; incongruous, self-contradictory.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [adjective] > inconsistent or contradictory > in itself
inconsistent1651
self-inconsistent1668
contradictory1868
oxymoronic1954
1954 Shakespeare Q. 5 293 Shakespeare's meditation on this orthodox theme runs through such variations as Romeo's oxymoronic ‘O anything, of nothing first create’.
1970 G. Greer Female Eunuch 164 It would be oxymoronic to claim to be gently, reliably or sensibly in love.
1975 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Oct. 1226/5 Professor Hardy's point..is signalled by the oxymoronic ‘dubious consolations’ of her title.
2000 P. Beatty Tuff xxi. 234 Chairing a workshop on multifarious identity, they succeeded in affirming the oxymoronic confab of black Jews, hermaphrodites, white niggers, and the walking dead.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1954- it stands with etc reason
- it stands with good reason
- it stands with great reason
- it stands with reason
- it strikes me that
- it sufficeth me
- it takes all sorts
- it takes all sorts to make a world
- it takes one to know one
- it takes two to
- it takes two to tango
- it thaws
- it things look as if
- it thunders
- it wants of one
- it wants of one etc
- it wants of one two
- it was fun while it lasted
- it was never merry world since
- it were long to
- it were to wit
- it were too long to
- it will be all right on the night
- it will not be
- it won't etc kill etc