oxymoron

rhetorical device that uses an ostensible self-contradiction to illustrate a rhetorical point or to reveal a paradox
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oxymoron

Summary

oxymoron is a stylistic device[1]. oxymoron draws 477 Wikipedia views per month (stylistic_device category, ranking #12 of 107).[2]

Key Facts

  • oxymoron's instance of is recorded as stylistic device[3].
  • oxymoron's GND ID is recorded as 4173035-5[4].
  • oxymoron's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85096347[5].
  • oxymoron's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12222107c[6].
  • oxymoron's subclass of is recorded as figure of speech[7].
  • oxymoron's subclass of is recorded as rhetoric[8].
  • oxymoron's subclass of is recorded as linguistics[9].
  • oxymoron's subclass of is recorded as literary theory[10].
  • oxymoron's subclass of is recorded as logic[11].
  • oxymoron's subclass of is recorded as semantics[12].
  • oxymoron's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q150 (fra)-Jules78120-Oxymore.wav[13].
  • oxymoron's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 13027[14].
  • oxymoron's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05p43[15].
  • oxymoron's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph696644[16].
  • oxymoron's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Oxymorons[17].
  • oxymoron's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 808.032[18].
  • oxymoron's facet of is recorded as figurative language[19].
  • oxymoron's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0254689[20].
  • oxymoron's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[21].
  • oxymoron's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[22].
  • oxymoron's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as art/oxymoron[23].
  • oxymoron's different from is recorded as Q98266138[24].
  • oxymoron's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2687440[25].
  • oxymoron's Quora topic ID is recorded as Oxymorons[26].
  • oxymoron's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as oxymorons[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for oxymoron include Oxxxymiron[28], a rapper[29], b. 1985[30], of Soviet Union[31], awarded the Silver Play Button[32].

Why It Matters

oxymoron draws 477 Wikipedia views per month (stylistic_device category, ranking #12 of 107).[2] oxymoron has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] oxymoron is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for oxymoron include Oxxxymiron[28], a rapper[29], b. 1985[30], of Soviet Union[31], awarded the Silver Play Button[32].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . encyclopedia.com. encyclopedia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . lingualibre.fr. lingualibre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . euskaltzaindia.eus. Retrieved . euskaltzaindia.eus. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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