oxymoron 矛盾修辭法

最近撞到兩個使用oxymoron的詞。

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1. They were afraid of the living death that awaited them in the rice fields, on the great cotton plantations, the sugar plantations, in the deep South-and so ran away.

2. genteel poverty
The main character's father runs into monetary trouble due to excessive spending, causing them to fall into genteel poverty.

Genteel poverty is term describing a state of poverty marked by one's connection or affectation towards a higher ("genteel") social class.
Those in genteel poverty are often people, possibly titled, who have fallen from wealth due to various circumstances.
Others may be working-class people, but are seen as the "genteel poor" if they are perceived as more refined than other people.