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Kotomora

形けい容よう矛む盾じゅん

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Meanings

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noun

contradictio in adjecto; adjective-noun contradiction

A rhetorical figure where an adjective contradicts the noun it modifies, e.g. 'wooden iron' or 'hot ice'. Used in literary analysis and linguistics.