OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 16632

paradox

/ˈpæ.ɹəˌdɒks/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
paradoja
An apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.
"This sentence is false" is a paradox.
The active sense of living which we all enjoy, before reflection shatters our instinctive world for us, is self-luminous and suggests no paradoxes.
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