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Definition of Oxymoronic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxymoronic

Literary usage of Oxymoronic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society by American Philosophical Society (1771)
"Here Augustine, in a deliberately oxymoronic statement, describes crafts as at once exemplifying the "natural genius" of man and, at the same time, ..."

2. Sdi: A View from Europe by Robert C. Hughes (1995)
"While national or grand strategy may tolerate or indeed require the oxymoronic yoking together of sometimes contrary policies and interests, ..."

3. Fair Isn't Always Equal: Assessing and Grading in the Differentiated Classroom by Rick Wormeli (2006)
"This is why differentiated instruction and standardized testing are not oxymoronic: Students will do well on standardized, undifferentiated tests only if ..."

4. Vergilius Redivivus: Studies in Joseph Addison's Latin Poetry by Estelle Haan (2005)
"51 Cf. the oxymoronic juxtaposition of concrete and liquid in, for example, argenti latices (4) and ..."

5. Ordinary Mysteries: The Common Journal of Nathaniel And Sophia Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Sophia Peabody Hawthorne, Nicholas R. Lawrence, Marta L. Werner (2005)
"As the journal stands, this broken-off opening expresses much more about the oxymoronic project of keeping Eden's books than anything the writers could ..."

6. Panama Adventure Guide by Patricia Katzman (2004)
"... Las Tablas Pedasi Modernization came late to the Azuero, and today it's an appealing, oxymoronic blend of the old and the new. ..."

7. Assessment of the Scientific Information for the Radiation Exposure by National Research Council (U.S.) (2005)
"... regard it as “oxymoronic” (Lewin, 1998; pp. 1-2). Nonetheless, the phrase has been in use since a 1916 opinion issued by the illinois Supreme Court, ..."

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