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Contradictory phrase (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oxymoron

(Other definitions for oxymoron that I've seen before include "'Figure of speech, it contains contradictory terms (8)'" , "For example, living death" , "pretty ugly perhaps" , "Paradoxical figure of speech" , "Living death, say" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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