What is an oxymmer in Russian and literature? Examples.

One of the most striking speech revolutions to make our oral and written speech is more expressive and dynamic, an oxymoron is considered to be fully right. We often use it in communicating with friends and close people, without even suspecting it.

Oxymoron as a stylistic figure of speech is studied in the school program, poets and prosaiki are widely used. Even modern advertising is often built on the paradoxical attraction of oxymoron.

What is Oxymoron?

Word "oxymoron" Taken from ancient Greek, like many literary terms. Literally it translates as "Witty-stupid" and is used to designate a special stylistic reception - a combination of incompatible opposites.

Intended connection in one concept of contradictory meanings, as a rule, allows you to create a bright, memorable image of an object or event. Two words, logically excluding each other, often allow more convex and figuratively express their thought. Such expressions like "living Dead" , "Gorky joy" , "Loneliness in the crowd" Not only the semantic, but also bright emotional load.

Meaning and emotion

Due to the collision of logically opposite concepts, the oxymoron allows you to create emotional images filled with new meaning.

"This dog is such charming loaf »

« Running luxury Her outfit made a complete picture of the kind of classes "

"The courage of this mushroom woman Amazed many experienced soldiers "

The concepts used in the oxymorone, although logically mutually exclusive, but at the same time form a harmonious combination, paying attention to the semantic internal contradiction of the phenomenon or subject. The oxymoron is made up exactly from two opposite meaning of values, both both emotional and logical plan.


If one of these conditions is not respected, the phrase is just a stylistic error or cata cutter. So, many refer to the oxymoront "White crow" Although it is rather the catahris. As you know, in nature, white crows although rarely, but are found. These are birds whose feathers are deprived of pigment due to a special mutation.

Oxymoron in Russian and literature

Paradoxual, bright, living oxumor is a favorite reception of Russian writers. "Smart Stupidity" , "Intentional chance" , "Ice and a flame" - All these expressions are not only Oxymologians, but also describe this stylistic figure in the best possible way. Oxymoronuses excellently transmit semantic shades and are often used to create a comic effect, irony expression, or even.

The most striking is usually the first use of the new Oxymorone. If it turns out to be successful, it is included in the common speech, and in the future its use is reduced. So, the expression "Dead Souls", which were extremely sharp for contemporaries N.V. Gogol, today turned.

Names and headlines

The most bright properties of Oxymoron are manifested in the names of literary works - the agent, novels, plays, poems or even newspaper articles. With this reception, the authors not only get the opportunity to express the basic idea of \u200b\u200btheir book in several years of receptional words, but also attract potential readers to it.

As you know, any paradox is remembered much better than the logical banality, it is because of its brightness and unusualness. Therefore names "Hot Snow" , "Optimistic tragedy" , "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" , "End of Eternity" , "Ordinary Miracle" Even those who never read these works are well known.

Oxymoron in advertising

Due to its attractiveness and brightness, the oxymoron is often used in advertising of various goods. Phrase "Liquid Nails" It is firmly included in the lexicon of modern builders and finishers, since it excellently describes the properties and the area of \u200b\u200buse of adhesive composition in just two words.


Perfectly remembered advertising slogans: so "Flying Fall"Founded in the famous video of the Mobile operator MegaFon, easily postponed in the memory of millions of Russians.