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oxymoronicness

oxymoronicness noun: the state, quality or measure of being oxymoronic.

Noun

oxymoronicness (uncountable)

  1. (nonce-word, rare) The state, quality or measure of being oxymoronic.
    • Don't they see the oxymoronicness of bitching on and on and on how they care not about what I post?1997 April 6, emesone [username], “re:somebody needs an education”, in rec.audio.opinion (Usenet)
    • All I remember saying is, "My pleasure," and being struck by its oxymoronicness.1998, Harry Levy, Chain of Custody, Fawcett Crest, published 1999, →ISBN, page 163
    Synonyms:
    oxymoronicity

Synonyms of oxymoronicness

Origin of oxymoronicness

From oxymoronic + -ness.

Questions about oxymoronicness

What does oxymoronicness mean?
Oxymoronicness means the state, quality or measure of being oxymoronic.
What part of speech is oxymoronicness?
Oxymoronicness is a noun.

Words near oxymoronicness in the dictionary

  1. oxymora
  2. oxymoron
  3. oxymoronic
  4. oxymoronically
  5. oxymoronicity
  6. oxymoronicness
  7. oxymorons
  8. oxymorous
  9. oxymorphine
  10. oxymorphone
  11. oxymuriate

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