Paradox

Noun

 * 1)  A self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.
 * 2) A counterintuitive conclusion or outcome.
 * 3) A claim that two apparently contradictory ideas are true.
 * 4) A person or thing having contradictory properties.
 * 5) An unanswerable question or difficult puzzle, particularly one which leads to a deeper truth.
 * 6)  The use of counterintuitive or contradictory statements (paradoxes) in speech or writing.
 * 7)  A state in which one is logically compelled to contradict oneself.
 * 8)  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.
 * 9)  A statement which is difficult to believe, or which goes against general belief.

Adjectives for Paradox
cruel; painful; dampening; apparent; permissible; curious; audacious; perpetual; distressing; frivolous; subtle; hideous.

Verbs for Paradox
admit—; afford—; conceive—; confront with—; contemplate—; induce—; involve—; maintain—; propound—; prove—; savor of—; scorn—; skirt—; speculate on—; utter—; —conflicts; —contradicts; —mystifies; —perplexes; —puzzles.

Thesaurus
dilemma, disproportion, disproportionateness, enigma, equivocality, equivocation, heresy, heterodoxy, heterogeneity, hopelessness, impossibility, impossible, impossibleness, incoherence, incommensurability, incompatibility, inconceivability, incongruity, inconsistency, inconsonance, irony, irreconcilability, knot, knotty point, mystery, no chance, node, nodus, nonconformability, nonconformity, nonplus, oxymoron, perplexity, pons asinorum, poser, problem, puzzle, quandary, self-contradiction, teaser, the impossible, unconformability, unconformity, unimaginability, unorthodoxy, unthinkability, vexed question, what cannot be, what cannot happen, Gordian knot, absurdity, ambiguity, ambivalence, antinomy, asymmetry, contradiction, crux,

Etymology
From paradoxe: < paradoxum:, from  παράδοξος:.

Synonyms

 * shocker
 * juxtaposition, contradiction
 * puzzle, quandary, riddle, enigma, koan
 * reverse psychology

Derived terms

 * paradoxical
 * paradoxism
 * paradoxology
 * paradoxy
 * Achilles paradox
 * Liar paradox
 * European paradox

Translations

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 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 悖論, 悖论, 矛盾
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 * Georgian: პარადოქსი
 * German: ,
 * Greek: παραδοξολογία
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 * Japanese: 逆説
 * Korean: 역설 (逆説)
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: paradokss
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: парадокс
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 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:, frith-chosamhlachd
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 * Thai: ปฏิทรรศน์
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 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 悖論, 悖论, 矛盾
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Japanese:


 * Korean: 모순, 자가당착
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Scottish Gaelic:, frith-chosamhlachd
 * Slovene:
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 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 矛盾的人 (máodùn de rén),  矛盾的事物 (máodùn de shìwù)


 * Finnish: kummajainen
 * Greek:

Noun

 * 1) paradox

Derived terms

 * paradoxní
 * paradoxně

Noun

 * 1) paradox

Adjective

 * 1) paradoxical

Related terms

 * Paradox
 * paradoxerweise
 * Paradoxie
 * Paradoxon

Etymology
Borrowed from paradoxum:,

Derived terms

 * paradoxal

Noun

 * 1) a paradox

Related terms

 * paradoxal
 * skenparadox