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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ox·y·mo·ron /ˌɑksiˈmɔrˌɑn/
 矛盾脩飾法

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ox·y·mo·ron n.  Rhet. A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 oxymoron
      n : conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
      [also: oxymora (pl)]