which sentence is an oxymoron?
An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which incongruous or seemingly contradictory terms appear side by side; a compressed paradox. Plural: oxymora or oxymorons. Adjective: oxymoronic or oxymoric.
The lawyer was deceptively honest with his clients is the only sentence that is an oxymoron, which requires a complete contradiction of terms such as this. 1  Comments. 2  Report.