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ox⋅y⋅mo⋅ron [ok-si-mawr-on, -mohr-]
–noun, plural -mo⋅ra [-mawr-uh, -mohr-uh]
a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.”
(by Dictionary.com)