Hyphenation of oxymoron

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word oxymoron? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

oxy-moron

Definitions of oxymoron:

1.	Conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')

Synonyms of oxymoron:

noun	trope, figure of speech, figure, image

Last hyphenations of this language

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