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Synonyms for PARADOX
ˈpær əˌdɒkspara·dox

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  1. paradoxnoun

    Synonyms:
    reverse psychology, koan, riddle, enigma, quandary, contradiction, shocker, puzzle, juxtaposition

  2. paradoxnoun

    A self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.

    This sentence is false is a paradox.

    Synonyms:
    shocker, koan, puzzle, enigma, riddle, contradiction, quandary, juxtaposition, reverse psychology

  3. paradoxnoun

    A counterintuitive conclusion or outcome.

    It is an interesting paradox that drinking a lot of water can often make you feel thirsty.

    Synonyms:
    reverse psychology, contradiction, riddle, enigma, quandary, koan, shocker, juxtaposition, puzzle

  4. paradoxnoun

    A claim that two apparently contradictory ideas are true.

    Not having a fashion is a fashion; that's a paradox.

    Synonyms:
    juxtaposition, shocker, riddle, puzzle, quandary, enigma, koan, reverse psychology, contradiction

  5. paradoxnoun

    A person or thing having contradictory properties.

    He is a paradox; you would not expect him in that political party.

    Synonyms:
    enigma, riddle, juxtaposition, reverse psychology, koan, contradiction, shocker, puzzle, quandary

  6. paradoxnoun

    An unanswerable question or difficult puzzle, particularly one which leads to a deeper truth.

    Synonyms:
    quandary, puzzle, riddle, koan, enigma, juxtaposition, contradiction, shocker, reverse psychology

  7. paradoxnoun

    A statement which is difficult to believe, or which goes against general belief.

    Synonyms:
    reverse psychology, contradiction, quandary, riddle, enigma, puzzle, koan, juxtaposition, shocker

  8. paradoxnoun

    The use of counterintuitive or contradictory statements (paradoxes) in speech or writing.

    Synonyms:
    enigma, juxtaposition, shocker, quandary, riddle, puzzle, contradiction, koan, reverse psychology

  9. paradoxnoun

    A state in which one is logically compelled to contradict oneself.

    Synonyms:
    reverse psychology, quandary, shocker, contradiction, enigma, juxtaposition, koan, riddle, puzzle

  10. paradoxnoun

    The practice of giving instructions that are opposed to the therapist's actual intent, with the intention that the client will disobey or be unable to obey.

    Synonyms:
    riddle, reverse psychology, contradiction, quandary, juxtaposition, koan, shocker, enigma, puzzle

English Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 1 vote

  1. paradoxnoun

    Conundrum, a word of unknown origin, signifies some question or statement in which some hidden and fanciful resemblance is involved, the answer often depending upon a pun; an enigma is a dark saying; a paradox is a true statement that at first appears absurd or contradictory; a problem is something thrown out for solution; puzzle (from oppose) referred originally to the intricate arguments by which disputants opposed each other in the old philosophic schools. The riddle is an ambiguous or paradoxical statement with a hidden meaning to be guessed by the mental acuteness of the one to whom it is proposed; the riddle is not so petty as the conundrum, and may require much acuteness for its answer; a problem may require simply study and scholarship, as a problem in mathematics; a puzzle may be in something other than verbal statement, as a dissected map or any perplexing mechanical contrivance. Both enigma and puzzle may be applied to any matter difficult of answer or solution, enigma conveying an idea of greater dignity, puzzle applying to something more commonplace and mechanical; there are many dark enigmas in human life and in the course of providence; the location of a missing object is often a puzzle.

    Synonyms:
    conundrum, enigma, problem, puzzle, riddle

    Antonyms:
    answer, axiom, explanation, proposition, solution

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.7 / 7 votes

  1. paradox

    Synonyms:
    contradiction, enigma, mystery, absurdity, ambiguity

    Antonyms:
    precept, proposition, axiom, truism, postulate

Princeton's WordNet

  1. paradoxnoun

    (logic) a statement that contradicts itself

    "`I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false"

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. paradoxnoun

    Synonyms:
    absurdity (as appears at first sight, yet not so in fact), seeming contradiction

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "paradox":

    contradiction, paradoxical, irony, oxymoron

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  1. List of known nicknames for "Paradox":

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How to use PARADOX in a sentence?

  1. Paul Valery:

    The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.

  2. Alden Sajor Marte-Wood:

    The bill represents something of a paradox : it is an attempt to hold online platforms accountable for their role in facilitating online sexual abuse in a country with a domestic economy heavily dependent on the outsourcing of IT-BPO labor like social media content moderation from the global north.

  3. Winston Churchill:

    So they the Government go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent.

  4. C. C. Colton:

    There is this paradox in pride - it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.

  5. Kimano M. Edwards:

    Love is life's greatest paradox—in order to truly understand and appreciate what true love is, you oftentimes must experience what love isn't. But once you receive this revelation and begin to comprehend what it means to Love, you will find that vulnerability is an indispensable element.


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