paradox

IPA: pˈɛrʌdɑks

An apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.
A counterintuitive conclusion or outcome.
A claim that two apparently contradictory ideas are true.
A thing involving contradictory yet interrelated elements that exist simultaneously and persist over time.
A person or thing having contradictory properties.
An unanswerable question or difficult puzzle, particularly one which leads to a deeper truth.
(obsolete) A statement which is difficult to believe, or which goes against general belief.
(uncountable) The use of counterintuitive or contradictory statements (paradoxes) in speech or writing.
(uncountable, philosophy) A state in which one is logically compelled to contradict oneself.
(countable, uncountable, psychotherapy) The practice of giving instructions that are opposed to the therapist's actual intent, with the intention that the client will disobey or be unable to obey.

Examples of "paradox" in Sentences

Shall I tell you something that sounds like what they call a paradox?
"To give you some background, the word paradox is Latin for 'beyond opinion.'
"Quite naturally, in the literature they don't use the term paradox, of course."
I know this paradox is apparent everywhere, but it does not make it any less important to address.
I thought the writers were staying with mind transport only (into your future/past body), so that a paradox is avoided.
Donne takes both love and religion seriously; it will show, further, that the paradox is here his inevitable instrument.
When the paradox is addressed, it is usually done so only briefly, by saying that the one who feels the acceleration is the one who is younger at the end of the trip.
The twin paradox is resolved when one observes that one of the twins accelerated during the turnaround, which means that his reference frame was not inertial and thus could not be used in the framework of special relativity.