Oxymoron

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Oxymoron

Quality:

Oxymoron - rhetorical device that uses an ostensible self-contradiction to illustrate a rhetorical point or to reveal a paradox. Article “Oxymoron” in Simple English Wikipedia has 11.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 1 references and 2 sections.

This article has the best quality in French Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Achievements in all the time:
Simple English Wikipedia:
The 5323rd most popular in Simple English Wikipedia.
The 5744th most editable in Simple English Wikipedia.
Global Wikipedia:
The 4564th most popular in all topics.
The 8147th most popular in AI.

Since the creation of article “Oxymoron”, its content was written by 33 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia (5744th place) and edited by 2840 registered Wikipedia users in all languages (8147th place).

The article is cited 3 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 2185 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #2 in January 2022
  • Global: #547 in November 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #513 in January 2022
  • Global: #846 in April 2016

There are 49 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1French (fr)
Oxymore
33.9232
2English (en)
Oxymoron
33.6567
3German (de)
Oxymoron
31.3329
4Hebrew (he)
אוקסימורון
30.958
5Dutch (nl)
Oxymoron (stijlfiguur)
29.1611
6Norwegian (no)
Oksymoron
28.1558
7Catalan (ca)
Oxímoron
23.5075
8Polish (pl)
Oksymoron
23.0294
9Armenian (hy)
Օքսիմորոն
22.8437
10Turkish (tr)
Oksimoron
22.4906
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Oxymoron" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Oxymoron
11 554 993
2Russian (ru)
Оксюморон
5 622 680
3French (fr)
Oxymore
4 910 473
4German (de)
Oxymoron
4 519 245
5Spanish (es)
Oxímoron
4 322 000
6Italian (it)
Ossimoro
3 164 514
7Polish (pl)
Oksymoron
2 859 488
8Dutch (nl)
Oxymoron (stijlfiguur)
696 946
9Czech (cs)
Oxymóron
646 265
10Ukrainian (uk)
Оксиморон
598 018
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Oxymoron" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Oxymoron
8 567
2German (de)
Oxymoron
6 506
3French (fr)
Oxymore
4 629
4Russian (ru)
Оксюморон
3 754
5Spanish (es)
Oxímoron
2 743
6Italian (it)
Ossimoro
1 811
7Japanese (ja)
撞着語法
1 528
8Polish (pl)
Oksymoron
1 439
9Dutch (nl)
Oxymoron (stijlfiguur)
789
10Czech (cs)
Oxymóron
710
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Oxymoron" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Oxymoron
747
2German (de)
Oxymoron
296
3French (fr)
Oxymore
250
4Polish (pl)
Oksymoron
141
5Russian (ru)
Оксюморон
138
6Spanish (es)
Oxímoron
120
7Italian (it)
Ossimoro
115
8Dutch (nl)
Oxymoron (stijlfiguur)
110
9Hebrew (he)
אוקסימורון
89
10Swedish (sv)
Oxymoron
69
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2026

Language versions of the article "Oxymoron" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Russian (ru)
Оксюморон
2
2Basque (eu)
Oximoron
1
3Italian (it)
Ossimoro
1
4Arabic (ar)
تناقض ظاهري
0
5Azerbaijani (az)
Oksimoron
0
6Belarusian (be)
Аксюмаран
0
7Bulgarian (bg)
Оксиморон
0
8Catalan (ca)
Oxímoron
0
9Czech (cs)
Oxymóron
0
10Danish (da)
Oxymoron
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Oxymoron" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1French (fr)
Oxymore
320
2English (en)
Oxymoron
237
3Russian (ru)
Оксюморон
173
4German (de)
Oxymoron
129
5Romanian (ro)
Oximoron
128
6Ukrainian (uk)
Оксиморон
122
7Italian (it)
Ossimoro
113
8Portuguese (pt)
Oxímoro
107
9Spanish (es)
Oxímoron
96
10Hindi (hi)
विरोधाभास अलंकार
92
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
تناقض ظاهري
azAzerbaijani
Oksimoron
beBelarusian
Аксюмаран
bgBulgarian
Оксиморон
caCatalan
Oxímoron
csCzech
Oxymóron
daDanish
Oxymoron
deGerman
Oxymoron
elGreek
Οξύμωρο σχήμα
enEnglish
Oxymoron
eoEsperanto
Oksimoro
esSpanish
Oxímoron
etEstonian
Oksüümoron
euBasque
Oximoron
faPersian
استعاره عنادیه
fiFinnish
Oksymoron
frFrench
Oxymore
glGalician
Oxímoro
heHebrew
אוקסימורון
hiHindi
विरोधाभास अलंकार
hrCroatian
Oksimoron
huHungarian
Oximoron
hyArmenian
Օքսիմորոն
idIndonesian
Oksimoron
itItalian
Ossimoro
jaJapanese
撞着語法
kaGeorgian
ოქსიმორონი
kkKazakh
Оксюморон
koKorean
형용 모순
ltLithuanian
Oksimoronas
msMalay
Oksimoron
nlDutch
Oxymoron (stijlfiguur)
noNorwegian
Oksymoron
plPolish
Oksymoron
ptPortuguese
Oxímoro
roRomanian
Oximoron
ruRussian
Оксюморон
shSerbo-Croatian
Oksimoron
simpleSimple English
Oxymoron
skSlovak
Oxymoron
slSlovenian
Oksimoron
srSerbian
Оксиморон
svSwedish
Oxymoron
thThai
ปฏิพจน์
trTurkish
Oksimoron
ukUkrainian
Оксиморон
urUrdu
صنعت تضاد
uzUzbek
Oksimoron
zhChinese
矛盾語

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#513
01.2022
Global:
#846
04.2016

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#2
01.2022
Global:
#547
11.2001

Local popularity rank history

Global popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Oxymoron from Wikipedia articles about Tautology, Wikipedia article, Pleonasm, Oxxxymiron and Stylistic device. Whereas reading the article about Oxymoron people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Pleonasm, Paradox, Stylistic device, Antonym and Juxtaposition.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

simple: Oxymoron

News from 1 July 2026

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