矛む盾じゅん語ご法ほう

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

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」は矛む盾じゅん語ご法ほうの一いち例れいだ。

  'Open secret' is an example of an oxymoron.

• 彼かれの詩しには矛む盾じゅん語ご法ほうがよく使つかわれている。

  Oxymorons are often used in his poetry.