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paradox [?pær??d?ks]
n
1. a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement that is or may be true religious truths are often expressed in paradox
2. (Philosophy / Logic) a self-contradictory proposition, such as I always tell lies
3. a person or thing exhibiting apparently contradictory characteristics
4. an opinion that conflicts with common belief
[from Late Latin paradoxum, from Greek paradoxos opposed to existing notions, from para-1 + doxa opinion]
paradoxical adj
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