What is the word to describe 2 words in a sentence that appear to oppose each other?

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2026-04-20 18:15

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Oxymoron is the Word you are looking for.

Example:

'He looked at her with cruel kindness'.

The expression 'cruel kindness' is an oxymoronbringing out a self-contradictory effect in the sentence.

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