paradox

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpæ.ɹəˌdɒks/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa. countable,uncountable
    — "This sentence is false" is a paradox.
  2. A counterintuitive conclusion or outcome. countable,uncountable
    — It is an interesting paradox that drinking a lot of water can often make you feel thirsty.
  3. A claim that two apparently contradictory ideas are true. countable,uncountable
    — Not having a fashion is a fashion; that's a paradox.
  4. A thing involving contradictory yet interrelated elements that exist simultaneously and persist over time. countable,uncountable
  5. A person or thing having contradictory properties. countable,uncountable
    — He is a paradox; you would not expect him in that political party.
  6. An unanswerable question or difficult puzzle, particularly one which leads to a deeper truth. countable,uncountable
    — And only by dismantling our preconceptions of age can we be free to understand the paradox: How young are the old?
  7. A statement which is difficult to believe, or which goes against general belief. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — Ay, truly; for the power of beauty will sooner / transform honesty from what it is to a bawd than the / force of honesty can translate beauty into his / likeness: this was sometime a paradox, but now the / time gives it proof.
  8. The use of counterintuitive or contradictory statements (paradoxes) in speech or writing. uncountable
    — The need for paradox is no doubt rooted deep in the very nature of the use we make of language.
  9. A state in which one is logically compelled to contradict oneself. uncountable
    — Thus, like modern disputants, they aimed either to confute the respondent or to land him in paradox.
  10. 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. countable,uncountable
    — Defiance-based paradox is employed so that the family will actively oppose and deliberately sabotage the prescription.

词形变化

paradoxes plural

词汇关系

下位词
Abilene paradox Achilles paradox Allais paradox archer's paradox Arrow paradox Arrow's paradox Baker's paradox Banach-Tarski paradox barber paradox barn-pole paradox Benardete's paradox Berkson's paradox Berry paradox Bertrand's paradox Bhartrhari's paradox birthday paradox Blub paradox bootstrap paradox boy or girl paradox Burali-Forti paradox causal loop paradox clock paradox Condorcet paradox Condorcet's paradox Cuomo's paradox Curry's paradox C-value paradox d'Alembert's paradox diamond-water paradox Easterlin paradox Ehrenfest paradox Ellsberg paradox envelope paradox Epimenides paradox European paradox exchange paradox Fermi paradox French paradox Galileo's paradox gentle murder paradox Gibson's paradox Girard's paradox grandfather paradox Grelling-Nelson paradox Grim Reaper paradox hangman paradox Hawking's paradox Hempel's paradox Hooper's paradox hydrostatic paradox infinite hotel paradox information paradox interesting number paradox Jevons paradox Klein paradox ladder paradox lek paradox Levinthal's paradox liar paradox liar's paradox Löb's paradox Loschmidt's paradox Loyd's paradox micro-macro paradox Moravec's paradox necktie paradox Newcomb's paradox observer's paradox Olbers' paradox paradox of fiction paradox of saving paradox of thrift paradox of tolerance Parrondo's paradox Pepsi paradox Petersburg paradox Peto's paradox Polchinski's paradox potato paradox raven paradox region-beta paradox Richard's paradox Ross-Littlewood paradox Russell's paradox Sagan's paradox Saint Petersburg paradox Siegel's paradox Simpson's paradox Smale's paradox sorites paradox Stein's paradox St. Petersburg paradox submarine paradox Supplee's paradox surprise test paradox tea leaf paradox Tullock paradox twin paradox twins paradox unexpected hanging paradox Weyl's paradox Yablo's paradox Zeno's paradox
衍生词
counterparadox nonparadox paradessence paradox acacia paradoxist paradoxography paradox sunflower
相关词
paradoxical paradoxically paradoxician paradoxism paradoxling paradoxology paradoxy

词源

From Middle French paradoxe, from Latin paradoxum, from Ancient Greek παράδοξος (parádoxos, “unexpected, strange”).
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