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Paradox 音标拼音: [p'ɛrəd ,ɑks] n. 似非而是的隽语,反论;自相矛盾的话 似非而是的隽语,反论;自相矛盾的话 paradox悖论 paradox悖论 诡论 paradox n 1: ( logic) a statement that contradicts itself; "` I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false" paradox \ par" a* dox\ ( p[ a^] r"[. a]* d[ o^] ks), n.; pl. { paradoxes} ( p[ a^] r"[. a]* d[ o^] ks*[ e^] z). [ F. paradoxe, L. paradoxum, fr. Gr. para` doxon; para` beside, beyond, contrary to dokei^ n to think, suppose, imagine. See { Para-}, and { Dogma}.] A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense; that which in appearance or terms is absurd, but yet may be true in fact. [ 1913 Webster] A gloss there is to color that paradox, and make it appear in show not to be altogether unreasonable. -- Hooker. [ 1913 Webster] This was sometime a paradox, but now the time gives it proof. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] { Hydrostatic paradox}. See under { Hydrostatic}. [ 1913 Webster] 57 Moby Thesaurus words for " paradox": Gordian knot, absurdity, ambiguity, ambivalence, antinomy, asymmetry, contradiction, crux, 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
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