The paradox of sport is that it bonds as it divides.
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Paradox
//ˈpæ.ɹəˌdɒks//
Synonyms for "paradox" (71 found)
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7 entrieshas context
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8 entriesTranslations
98 translations across 49 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- paradoks noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
- paradoks noun (in logic: a self-contradictory statement)
Arabic
2 entries- مُفَارَقَة noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
- مُفَارَقَة noun (in logic: a self-contradictory statement)
Armenian
2 entries- 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
2 entries- paradox noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
- paradoxa noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 佯謬 /佯谬 noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
- 佯謬 /佯谬 noun (in logic: a self-contradictory statement)
- 悖論 /悖论 noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
- 悖論 /悖论 noun (in logic: a self-contradictory statement)
Czech
1 entries- paradox noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
Dutch
3 entries- paradox noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
- paradox noun (in logic: a self-contradictory statement)
- tegenspraak noun (in logic: a self-contradictory statement)
Esperanto
1 entries- paradokso noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
Finnish
3 entries- kummajainen noun (person or thing with contradictory properties)
- paradoksi noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
- paradoksi noun (in logic: a self-contradictory statement)
French
3 entries- antinomie noun (in logic: a self-contradictory statement)
- paradoxe noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
- paradoxe noun (in logic: a self-contradictory statement)
Galician
1 entries- paradoxo noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
Georgian
1 entries- პარადოქსი noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
German
3 entries- Paradox noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
- Paradoxon noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
- Paradoxon noun (in logic: a self-contradictory statement)
Greek
3 entries- αντίφαση noun (person or thing with contradictory properties)
- παράδοξο noun (in logic: a self-contradictory statement)
- 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
4 entries- パラドックス noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
- パラドックス noun (in logic: a self-contradictory statement)
- パラドックス noun (person or thing with contradictory properties)
- 矛盾 noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
Kazakh
3 entries- оғаштық noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
- оғаштық noun (in logic: a self-contradictory statement)
- парадокс noun (in logic: a self-contradictory statement)
Korean
4 entries- 모순 noun (in logic: a self-contradictory statement)
- 역설 noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
- 자가당착 noun (in logic: a self-contradictory statement)
- 패러독스 noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
Latin
1 entries- paradoxum noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
Latvian
2 entries- paradokss noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
- paradokss noun (in logic: a self-contradictory statement)
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
2 entries- paradoks noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
- paradoks noun (in logic: a self-contradictory statement)
Portuguese
2 entries- paradoxo noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
- paradoxo noun (in logic: a self-contradictory statement)
Romanian
1 entries- paradox noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
Russian
1 entries- парадо́кс noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- frith-chosamhlachd noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
- frith-chosamhlachd noun (in logic: a self-contradictory statement)
- paradacs noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
- paradacs noun (in logic: a self-contradictory statement)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- paradoks noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
- парадокс noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
Slovene
3 entries- paradoks noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
- paradoks noun (in logic: a self-contradictory statement)
- protislovje noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
Spanish
2 entries- paradoja noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
- paradoja noun (in logic: a self-contradictory statement)
Swedish
2 entries- paradox noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
- paradox noun (in logic: a self-contradictory statement)
Tagalog
1 entries- baligho noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
Thai
1 entries- ปฏิทรรศน์ noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
Turkish
4 entries- paradoks noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
- paradoks noun (in logic: a self-contradictory statement)
- çelişki noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
- çelişki noun (in logic: a self-contradictory statement)
Turkmen
1 entries- paradoks noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
Ukrainian
1 entries- парадо́кс noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
Vietnamese
2 entries- nghịch lý noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
- nghịch lý noun (in logic: a self-contradictory statement)
Yiddish
2 entries- פּאַראַדאָקס noun (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true)
- פּאַראַדאָקס noun (in logic: a self-contradictory statement)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
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.
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This dogma is rather a paradox.
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