paradox
Meaning of paradox
noun
- An apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.
"This sentence is false" is a paradox.
- A counterintuitive conclusion or outcome.
It is an interesting paradox that drinking a lot of water can often make you feel thirsty.
- A claim that two apparently contradictory ideas are true.
Not having a fashion is a fashion; that's a paradox.
- A thing involving contradictory yet interrelated elements that exist simultaneously and persist over time.
- A person or thing having contradictory properties.
He is a paradox; you would not expect him in that political party.
- An unanswerable question or difficult puzzle, particularly one which leads to a deeper truth.
- A statement which is difficult to believe, or which goes against general belief.
- The use of counterintuitive or contradictory statements (paradoxes) in speech or writing.
- A state in which one is logically compelled to contradict oneself.
- The practice of giving instructions that are opposed to the therapist's actual intent, with the intention that the client will disobey or be unable to obey.
Information about paradox
- It is a name.
- The plural form of paradox is: paradoxes.
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Hyphenation of paradox
para-dox
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- paradox is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
paradox synonyms
Meaning :
shocker, contradiction, juxtaposition, enigma, koan, puzzle, quandary, riddle
Translation of paradox
- French: paradoxe, antinomie
- German: Paradoxon, Paradoxie
- Spanish: paradoja
- Portuguese: paradoxo
- Italian: paradosso
Words that rhyme with paradox
carbadox, Mecadox, Madox, counterparadox, unparadox, Nassawadox
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