Meaning of PARADOX
| Pronunciation: | | 'paru`dâks
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| | Definition: | | [n] (logic) a self-contradiction; "I always lie" |
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| | See Also: | | contradiction, contradiction in terms | |
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| | Definition: | | Paradox
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Par`a*dox\, n.; pl. {Paradoxes}. [F. paradoxe, L.
paradoxum, fr. Gr. ?; ? beside, beyond, contrary to + ? 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.
A gloss there is to color that paradox, and make it
appear in show not to be altogether unreasonable.
--Hooker.
This was sometime a paradox, but now the time gives it
proof. --Shak.
{Hydrostatic paradox}. See under {Hydrostatic}.
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A relational database for Microsoft Windows, originally from Borland. Paradox 5 ran on Microsoft Windows and provided a graphical environment, a debugger, a data modelling tool, and many "ObjectPAL" commands. Paradox 7 ran under Windows 95 and Windows NT. Latest version: Paradox 9, as of 2000-02-10 (a Corel product). Home. An apparently sound argument leading to a contradiction. Some famous examples are Russell's paradox and the liar paradox. Most paradoxes stem from some kind of self-reference. Smarandache Linguistic Paradox.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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