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paradox
par·a·dox [ párrə dòks ] (plural par·a·dox·es)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. something absurd or contradictory: a statement, proposition, or situation that seems to be absurd or contradictory, but in fact is or may be true
2. self-contradictory statement: a statement or proposition that contradicts itself
3. person of opposites: a person with seemingly self-contradictory qualities
[Mid-16th century. < Latin paradoxum< Greek paradoxos "contrary to opinion" < doxa "opinion" < dokein "think"]

par·a·dox·i·cal [ pàrrə dóksik'l ] adjective
par·a·dox·i·cal·ly adverb
par·a·dox·i·cal·ness [ pàrrə dóksik'lnəss ] noun
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