paradox
/ˈpæ.ɹəˌdɒks/
Paradoxon
- Plural
- paradoxes
Bedeutungen
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Paradoxon
An apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa
Paradoxes are something used as a figure of speech.
Paradoxa werden manchmal als Stilmittel gebraucht.
Tatoeba · megamanenm · CC BY 2.0 FR
This has been a paradox, but now the time gives it proof.
Dies war einst ein Paradox, aber nun bestätigt es die Zeit.
Tatoeba · al_ex_an_der · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
Paradoxon
A counterintuitive conclusion or outcome
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Paradoxon
A claim that two apparently contradictory ideas are true
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Paradoxon
A thing involving contradictory yet interrelated elements that exist simultaneously and persist over time
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Paradoxon
A person or thing having contradictory properties
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Paradoxon
An unanswerable question or difficult puzzle, particularly one which leads to a deeper truthselten
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Paradoxon
A statement which is difficult to believe, or which goes against general beliefselten
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Paradoxon
The use of counterintuitive or contradictory statements (paradoxes) in speech or writingselten
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Paradoxon
A state in which one is logically compelled to contradict oneselfselten
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Paradoxon
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 obeyselten