paradox
- Noun. A self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.(jump, self-contradictory statement) .
- Noun. A counterintuitive conclusion or outcome.(jump, counterintuitive outcome) .
- Noun. A claim that two apparently contradictory ideas are true.(jump, apparent contradiction) .
- Noun. A person or thing having contradictory properties.(jump, person or thing with contradictory properties) .
- Noun. An unanswerable question or difficult puzzle, particularly one which leads to a deeper truth. (jump, unanswerable question) .
- Noun. (obsolete) A statement which is difficult to believe, or which goes against general belief.
- Noun. (uncountable) The use of counterintuitive or contradictory statements (paradoxes) in speech or writing.
- Noun. (uncountable, philosophy) A state in which one is logically compelled to contradict oneself.
- Noun. (uncountable, psychotherapy) 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.(jump, therapy practice) .
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