How to pronounce oxymoron
Listen to oxymoron in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“oxymoron” in real sentences
111 clips in the index · 10 American · 12 British · 1 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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use in poetry like oxymoron
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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It seems like an oxymoron.
Big Think · hear it here
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It's obviously an oxymoron.
NIH · hear it here
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As this origin suggests, oxymoron is itself an oxymoron; it is a rhetorical term that describes
OSU School of Writing, Literature and Film · hear it here
Why real speech
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