Paradox definitions

Paradox

1) Absurdity 2) An almost incredible truth 3) Anomaly 4) BBC television drama 5) Biannual magazine 6) Canadian rock music group 7) Catch-22 8) Christian extreme metal group 9) Concept in logic 10) Confusing contradiction 11) Contradiction 12) Contradiction in terms 13) Contradictory idea 14) Fantasy fiction magazine
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Paradox

1) Enigma
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paradox

a self-contradictory phrase or sentence, such as 'the ascending rain' or Alexander Pope's description of man, 'Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all.' Don Marquis's 'quote buns by great men quote' (archys life of mehitabel [London: Faber and Faber, 1934]: 103-04), describes a drunk trying to go up a down-escalator as 'falling upwards / throug...
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Paradox

• (n.) 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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paradox

(from the article `complexity`) Paradoxes typically arise from false assumptions, which then lead to inconsistencies between observed and expected behaviour. Sometimes paradoxes ... Mathematical paradoxes and fallacies have long intrigued mathematicians. A mathematical paradox is a mathematical conclusion so unexpected that it is ... ...
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paradox

apparently self-contradictory statement, the underlying meaning of which is revealed only by careful scrutiny. The purpose of a paradox is to arrest ... [1 related articles]
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Paradox

an apparent contradiction. e.g. Riches make men miserable. (One would normally assume that wealth would bring happiness, rather than misery.)
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Paradox

A self-contradictory phrase or sentence, such as 'the ascending rain' or alexander pope's descriptio
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Paradox

Par`a·dox noun ; plural Paradoxes . [ French paradoxe , Latin paradoxum , from Greek ...; para` beside, beyond, contrary to + ... to think, suppose, imagine. See Para- , and Dogma .] A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertio...
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paradox

A seemingly self-contradictory and therefore absurd and senseless statement; sometimes, however, a paradox can contain some universal and important truth which is revealed on second thought.
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Paradox

a statement or sentiment that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense, and yet is perhaps true in fact, or a statement that is actually self-contradictory (and therefore false) even though it appears true.
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Paradox

an assertion seemingly opposed to common sense, but that may yet have some truth in it.
*What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young. George Bernard Shaw
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Paradox

A statement that initially appears to be contradictory but then, on closer inspection, turns out to make sense.
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Paradox

A paradox is a statement that contradicts itself, or that must be both true and untrue at the same time.
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paradox

an unusual statement of truth through obvious contradiction.
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Paradox

a figure of speech in which an apparent contradiction contains a truth
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paradox

noun (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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paradox

a statement that appears to contradict itself, suggesting a solution which is actually impossible
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paradox

[Literary terms] a statement that contradicts itself
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paradox

[SAT terms] a statement that contradicts itself
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paradox

a statement that contradicts itself
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paradox

a statement that contradicts itself
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paradox

[Difficult words] a statement that contradicts itself
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paradox

[Obscure words] a statement that contradicts itself
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paradox

[ACT vocabulary] a statement that contradicts itself
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