Paradox

/ˈpæ.ɹəˌdɒks/

Synonyms for "paradox" (77 found)

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Strong matches (23)

Noun(2 words)
koankoans
Adjective(1 words)
logical incoherence

Related words (38)

Noun(10 words)
newcomboxymoronsparadoxical claimparadoxical statementpuzzlepuzzlesrhetorical deviceriddlerussellself contradiction
Adjective(3 words)
propositional contradictionsudden reversalunexpected result

Related word relations

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More general

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conceptcontradictioncontradiction in termslinguistic phenomenonphilosophical construct

More specific

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barber paradoxliar paradoxparadox of thriftparadox of valueself referential paradox

Collocations

6 entries
liar paradoxlogical paradoxparadox of thriftparadox of valuephilosophical paradoxself referential paradox

Inflections

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Derivations

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Translations

62 translations across 49 languages.

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Afrikaans

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  • paradoks noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Arabic

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  • مُفَارَقَة noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Armenian

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  • հարակարծություն noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
  • պարադոքս noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Asturian

1 entries
  • paradoxa noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • paradoks noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
  • نامعقوللق noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • парадо́кс noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Bengali

1 entries
  • হেঁয়ালি noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • парадо́кс noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Catalan

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  • paradox noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
  • paradoxa noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 佯謬 /佯谬 noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
  • 悖論 /悖论 noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
  • 矛盾 noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Czech

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  • paradox noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Dutch

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  • paradox noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Esperanto

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  • paradokso noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Finnish

1 entries
  • paradoksi noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

French

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  • paradoxe noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Galician

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  • paradoxo noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Georgian

1 entries
  • პარადოქსი noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

German

2 entries
  • Paradox noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
  • Paradoxon noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Greek

1 entries
  • παραδοξολογία noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • פרדוקס noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Hindi

1 entries
  • असत्याभास noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • paradoxon noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • paradoks noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Italian

1 entries
  • paradosso noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Japanese

3 entries
  • パラドックス noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
  • 矛盾 noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
  • 逆説 noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • оғаштық noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Korean

2 entries
  • 역설 noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
  • 패러독스 noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Latin

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  • paradoxum noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Latvian

1 entries
  • paradokss noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • paradoksas noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • парадо́кс noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • paradoks noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Occitan

1 entries
  • paradòxa noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Polish

1 entries
  • paradoks noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • paradoxo noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Romanian

1 entries
  • paradox noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Russian

1 entries
  • парадо́кс noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • frith-chosamhlachd noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
  • paradacs noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • paradoks noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
  • парадокс noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Slovene

2 entries
  • paradoks noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
  • protislovje noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Spanish

1 entries
  • paradoja noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Swedish

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  • paradox noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • baligho noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Thai

1 entries
  • ปฏิทรรศน์ noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Turkish

2 entries
  • paradoks noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
  • çelişki noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • paradoks noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • парадо́кс noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • nghịch lý noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • פּאַראַדאָקס noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)

Sample sentences

25 total sentences available.

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The paradox of sport is that it bonds as it divides.

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More haste, less speed is a paradox.

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How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.

Source: tatoeba (880015)

This dogma is rather a paradox.

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