Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - paradox
Paradox
paradox
n. 1 a a seemingly absurd or contradictory statement, even if actually well-founded. b a self-contradictory or essentially absurd statement. 2 a person or thing conflicting with a preconceived notion of what is reasonable or possible. 3 a paradoxical quality or character. Etymology: orig. = a statement contrary to accepted opinion, f. LL paradoxum f. Gk paradoxon neut. adj. (as PARA-(1), doxa opinion)
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noun see: decent Date: 1540 a tenet contrary to received opinion, 2. a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true, a self-contradictory statement that at first seems true, an argument that apparently derives self-contradictory conclusions by valid deduction from acceptable premises, one (as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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