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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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        Like this?  Oh no, this is a pair ON A DOCK!  (Sorry)


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