撞どう着ちゃく語ご法ほう

noun

oxymoron

A figure of speech combining contradictory terms, such as 'open secret' or 'deafening silence'. Used in literary and rhetorical contexts.

• 「公こう然ぜんの秘ひ密みつ」は撞どう着ちゃく語ご法ほうの一いち例れいだ。

  'Open secret' is an example of an oxymoron.