'paradox' definitions:
Definition of 'paradox'
(from WordNet)
noun
(logic) a statement that contradicts itself; "`I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false"
Definition of 'paradox'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'paradox'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absurdity,
- ambiguity,
- ambivalence,
- antinomy,
- asymmetry,
- contradiction,
- crux,
- dilemma,
- disproportion,
- disproportionateness,
- enigma,
- equivocality,
- equivocation,
- Gordian knot,
- 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