Oxymoron

Japanese: オクシモロン(英語表記)oxymoron
Oxymoron
A rhetorical device that uses words with contradictory meanings to give effect to a sentence, such as "ruthless kindness" or "hurry slowly." Conflict How to Grammar.

Source: About Shogakukan Digital Daijisen Information | Legend

Japanese:
意味の矛盾する語句を並べて、言い回しに効果を与える修辞法。「無慈悲な親切」「ゆっくり急げ」など。撞着どうちゃく語法。

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