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What is the noun for oxymoron?

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oxymoron
  1. A figure of speech in which two words or phrases with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.
  2. (loosely) A contradiction in terms.
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    1. “My Mum is a domestic goddess, although I would submit that the phrase is an oxymoron.”
      “Are we going to take the narrow view which sees Scottish Opera as an oxymoron, and opera and classical music as not really Scottish?”
      “It kinda seems an oxymoron but thinking about it, isn't anarchy just extreme liberalism?”
oxymoronicness
  1. (nonce word, rare, nonstandard) The state, quality or measure of being oxymoronic.
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    1. “The use of contradictory words in that phrase only added to the oxymoronicness of the statement.”
oxymoronicity
  1. The quality of being oxymoronic.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The author's use of contradictory phrases in the poem perfectly encapsulates the oxymoronicity of the human condition.”
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