Definition:
Oxymoron is a significant literary device as it allows the author to use contradictory, contrasting concepts placed together in a manner that actually ends up making sense in a strange, and slightly complex manner. An oxymoron is an interesting literary device because it helps to perceive a deeper level of truth and explore different layers of semantics while writing.
Example:
Sometimes we cherish things of little value.
He possessed a cold fire in his eyes.
is ‘so beautiful that it was almost sad’ an oxymoron?
Commonsense is not common
oxymoron?
yes
Uncouth burdens an oxymoron?
No
Commonly Uncommon.
can it be a sentence like the man win the competition although he is a fool
Bitter sweet
deafening silence
loud silence
Oxymoron: A phrase that doesn’t make sense yet does make sense.
Barbaric splendor an oxymoron?
Is perfect quiet an oxymoron?
No because perfection doesn’t contradict a state of quietness, you could say, “a cacophonous quiet’
would a loud silence work for that?
Absolutely. The volume of “loud” contradicts the state of “silence”, which we inherently view as quiet or mute.
Isn’t that a metaphor tho?
no