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Plural of oxymoron

regular plural

The plural of oxymoron is oxymorons or oxymora.

Forms of oxymoron

Singularoxymoron /ɒksɪˈmɔːɹɒn/
Pluraloxymorons
oxymora
Countablecountable

Meaning of oxymoron

  1. noun A figure of speech in which two words or phrases with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.
  2. noun A contradiction in terms.

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Questions about the plural of oxymoron

What is the plural of oxymoron?
The plural of oxymoron is oxymorons or oxymora.
Which is correct, oxymorons or oxymora?
Both are used. oxymorons is the more common of the two in English writing.
Is oxymoron countable?
Oxymoron is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oxymoron (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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