paradox
A seemingly self-contradictory statement.
Latin and Greek
A seemingly self-contradictory statement.
noun [ PAR-uh-doks ]
A statement or proposition that, despite sound reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory.
- 🖊️ The paradox of Schrödinger's cat left the physicists in awe and confusion.
- 🖊️ Isn't it a paradox that the more we communicate, the less we understand each other?
- 🖊️ In the quiet of the night, the paradox of silence spoke volumes.
- 🤝 contradiction, dilemma, enigma
- ⚔️ consistency, harmony, certainty
An inconsistency or absurdity.
noun [ PAR-uh-doks ]
A situation, person, or thing that combines contradictory features or qualities.
- 🖊️ How can something so simple be so complex? It's a paradox!
- 🖊️ Isn't it a paradox that the more we connect through technology, the more isolated we feel?
- 🖊️ The paradox of war is that it brings peace through destruction.
- 🖊️ If I were to believe in the paradox of time travel, would I change the past or the future?
- 🖊️ The artist's life was a paradox; he was famous yet lived in obscurity.
- 🖊️ The paradox of Schrödinger's cat left the physicists in awe and confusion.
- 🖊️ In the heart of silence, a paradox sings.
- 🤝 irony, absurdity, anomaly
- ⚔️ normality, regularity, commonplace