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Electra paradox

E·lec·tra par·a·dox (plural E·lec·tra par·a·dox·es)


noun 
Definition:
 
simultaneously knowing and not knowing something: a logical paradox arising from the possibility of somebody's knowing that something is true when it is described in one way but not when it is described in another

[< a Greek myth in which Electra is said to recognize her brother Orestes from a description but not by sight]
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