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1. (n.) paradox
a seemingly contradictory or absurd statement that expresses a possible truth.
2. paradox
a self-contradictory and false proposition.
3. paradox
a person, thing, or situation, exhibiting an apparently contradictory nature.
4. paradox
an opinion or statement contrary to commonly accepted opinion.
Etymology: (1530–40; < L paradoxum < Gk parádoxon, n. use of neut. of parádoxos unbelievable, lit., beyond belief. See para -1, orthodox)
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| Definition of 'Paradox' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) paradox
(logic) a statement that contradicts itself
"`I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Paradox
a tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense; that which in appearance or terms is absurd, but yet may be true in fact
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Sense: a statement etc that seems to contradict itself but which is nevertheless true
If your birthday is on February 29 you could state the paradox that you are thirteen years old although you have only had three birthdays.
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 Afrikaans: paradoks |
 Arabic: تَناقُض |
 Bulgarian: парадокс |
 Brazilian: paradoxo |
 Czech: paradox |
 German: das Paradox |
 Danish: paradoks |
 Greek: παραδοξολογία |
 Spanish: paradoja |
 Estonian: paradoks |
 Farsi: گفته متناقص نما؛ پارادوکس |
 Finnish: paradoksi |
 French: paradoxe |
 Hebrew: פָּרָדוֹקְס |
 Hindi: उलटवासी, विरोधाभास |
 Croatian: paradoks |
 Hungarian: paradoxon |
 Indonesian: paradoks |
 Icelandic: þverstæða, þversögn |
 Italian: paradosso |
 Japanese: 逆説 |
 Korean: 역설(逆說) |
 Lithuanian: paradoksas |
 Latvian: paradokss |
 Malay: paradoks |
 Dutch: paradox |
 Norwegian: paradoks |
 Polish: paradoks |
 Persian: گفته متناقص نما؛ پارادوکس |
 Pashto: هغه وينا چې په ظاهر كې غل |
 Portuguese: paradoxo |
 Romanian: paradox |
 Russian: парадокс |
 Slovak: paradox |
 Slovenian: paradoks |
 Serbian: paradoks |
 Swedish: paradox |
 Thai: คำพูดที่ดูเหมือนขัดแย้งกั |
 Turkish: paradoks |
 Taiwanese: 似非而是的論點，自相矛盾的話 |
 Ukrainian: парадокс |
 Urdu: ايسي بات جو بظاہر غلط مگر |
 Vietnamese: ngược đời |
 Chinese: 似非而是的论点，似矛盾而实际却可能正确的说法 |
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