Associations to the word «Paradox»
Noun
- Contradiction
- Liar
- Bertrand
- Relativity
- Cantor
- Rosen
- Hilbert
- Einstein
- Ambiguity
- Fallacy
- Predicate
- Irony
- Negation
- Semantic
- Inconsistency
- Entropy
- Axiom
- Rationality
- Impossibility
- Absurdity
- Logic
- Dilemma
- Duality
- Faction
- Puzzle
- Resolve
- Russell
- Semantics
- Infinity
- Mechanics
- Theorem
- Cosmology
- Tortoise
- Equivalence
- Metaphor
- Calculus
- Curry
- Paradigm
- Lambda
- Artemis
- Parable
- Neumann
- Vertigo
- Probability
- Singularity
- Intuition
- Anomaly
- Productivity
- Modernity
- Faraday
- Spaceship
- Aristotle
- Enigma
- Achilles
- Simpson
- Plenty
- Extravagance
- Riddle
- Gibbs
- Theory
- Rousseau
- Hegel
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
PARADOX, noun. A self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.
PARADOX, noun. A counterintuitive conclusion or outcome.
PARADOX, noun. A claim that two apparently contradictory ideas are true.
PARADOX, noun. A person or thing having contradictory properties.
PARADOX, noun. An unanswerable question or difficult puzzle, particularly one which leads to a deeper truth.
PARADOX, noun. (obsolete) A statement which is difficult to believe, or which goes against general belief.
PARADOX, noun. (uncountable) The use of counterintuitive or contradictory statements (paradoxes) in speech or writing.
PARADOX, noun. (uncountable) (philosophy) A state in which one is logically compelled to contradict oneself.
PARADOX, noun. (uncountable) (psychotherapy) 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.
Dictionary definition
PARADOX, noun. (logic) a statement that contradicts itself; "`I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false".
Wise words
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