paradox

par-a-dox · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory but may contain a truth.

  2. 2.

    A situation or person exhibiting apparently contradictory qualities.

  3. 3.

    A logically self-contradictory statement that cannot be true.

Forms

plural: paradoxes

Related words

Antonyms: consistency, logic
See also: contradiction, irony, logic
Synonyms: anomaly, contradiction, puzzle

Etymology

From Greek paradoxon, from para (contrary to) + doxa (opinion), via Latin.