PARADOX

Meaning of PARADOX in English

< logic > An apparently sound argument leading to a contradiction .

Some famous examples are Russell's paradox and the liar paradox . Most paradoxes stem from some kind of self-reference .

Smarandache Linguistic Paradox .

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PARADOX — ~ (-al)
English interlingue dictionary
PARADOX — I Apparently self-contradictory statement whose underlying meaning is revealed only by careful scrutiny. Its purpose is to arrest attention and …
Английский словарь Британика
PARADOX — I. ˈparəˌdäks also ˈper- noun ( -es ) Etymology: Latin paradoxum, from Greek paradoxon, from neuter of paradoxos contrary to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PARADOX — apparently self-contradictory statement, the underlying meaning of which is revealed only by careful scrutiny. The purpose of a paradox is …
Britannica English vocabulary
PARADOX — paradox BrE AmE ˈpær ə dɒks AmE \ -dɑːks ˈper- ▷ paradox|es ɪz əz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PARADOX — / ˈpærədɒks; NAmE -dɑːks/ noun 1. [ C ] a person, thing or situation that has two opposite features and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PARADOX — par ‧ a ‧ dox /ˈpærədɒks $ -dɑːks/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: paradoxum …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PARADOX — ( paradoxes) 1. You describe a situation as a paradox when it involves two or more facts or qualities which …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PARADOX — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE apparent ▪ Can some one explain this apparent paradox please? ▪ Among the multiple …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PARADOX — [noun] - a situation, fact or statement which seems impossible and/or difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts …
Cambridge English vocab
PARADOX — n. liar paradox Olbers's paradox paradoxes of Zeno
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PARADOX — n. Apparently self-contradictory statement whose underlying meaning is revealed only by careful scrutiny. Its purpose is to arrest attention and …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PARADOX — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ apparent , seeming ( esp. AmE ) ▪ great ▪ central , fundamental ▪ curious , interesting …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PARADOX — < database > A relational database for Microsoft Windows , originally from Borland . Paradox 5 ran on Microsoft Windows …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
PARADOX — n. contradiction, self-contradiction, incongruity, inconsistency, absurdity, ambiguity, enigma, puzzle, mystery, quandary, problem, dilemma Can you explain away Zeno's paradox of …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PARADOX — сущ. 1) парадокс (явление, ситуация, кажущиеся невероятными, неожиданными) The paradox is that the region's most dynamic economies have the most …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PARADOX — paradox.ogg ʹpærədɒks n парадокс
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PARADOX — парадокс paradox of the largest cardinal number — парадокс наибольшего кардинального числа - arrow paradox - attenuation paradox - clock paradox - geometrical paradox - heterological …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PARADOX — сущ.1) парадокс (явление, ситуация, кажущиеся невероятными, неожиданными) The paradox is that the region's most dynamic economies have the most primitive …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PARADOX — сущ. 1) парадокс ( явление, ситуация, кажущиеся невероятными, неожиданными ) The paradox is that the region's most dynamic economies have …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PARADOX — сущ. 1) парадокс (явление, ситуация, кажущиеся невероятными, неожиданными) The paradox is that the region's most dynamic economies have the most primitive financial …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PARADOX — _n. 1> парадокс (явление, ситуация, кажущиеся невероятными, неожиданными); The paradox is that the region's most dynamic economies have the most …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
PARADOX — n. 1. парадокс (явление, ситуация, кажущиеся невероятными, неожиданными); The paradox is that the region's most dynamic economies have the most …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
PARADOX — парадокс - logical paradox - semantic paradox
Англо-Русский словарь по компьютерам
PARADOX — сущ. парадокс - paradox of thrift - paradox of voting
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
PARADOX — парадокс - logical paradox - semantic paradox
Англо-Русский словарь по вычислительной технике и программированию
PARADOX — парадокс - logical paradox - semantic paradox
Англо-Русский словарь компьютерных терминов
PARADOX — - paradox of thrift - paradox of value - paradox of voting - Giffen paradox
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике и финансам
PARADOX — парадокс - priority paradox
Англо-Русский словарь по патентам и товарным знакам
PARADOX — сущ. 1) парадокс (явление, ситуация, кажущиеся невероятными, неожиданными) The paradox is that the region's most dynamic economies have the most …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PARADOX — daw-sumpaki
English-Visayan vocabulary
PARADOX — noun see: decent Date: 1540 a tenet contrary to received opinion, 2. a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PARADOX — (n.) A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense; …
Английский словарь Webster
PARADOX — ( n. ) A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PARADOX — — paradoxical, paradoxal , adj. — paradoxically , adv. — paradoxicalness, paradoxicality , n. — paradoxology , n. /par"euh doks'/ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PARADOX — n. statement that seems to be self-contradictory; false statement, untrue statement; person who has contradictory qualities according to outward appearance; …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PARADOX — noun Etymology: Latin paradoxum, from Greek paradoxon, from neuter of paradoxos contrary to expectation, from para- + dokein to think, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PARADOX — noun a tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense; …
Webster English vocab
PARADOX — n. Pronunciation: ' per- ə - ˌ däks, ' pa-r ə - Function: noun Etymology: Latin paradoxum, from Greek paradoxon, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PARADOX — ■ noun 1》 a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that may in fact be true. ↘an apparently sound …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PARADOX — [par.a.dox] n [L paradoxum, fr. Gk paradoxon, fr. neut. of paradoxos contrary to expectation, fr. para- + dokein to think, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PARADOX — n. 1 a a seemingly absurd or contradictory statement, even if actually well-founded. b a self-contradictory or essentially absurd statement. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PARADOX — n. 1 a a seemingly absurd or contradictory statement, even if actually well-founded. b a self-contradictory or essentially absurd statement. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PARADOX — n.1 a a seemingly absurd or contradictory statement, even if actually well-founded. b a self-contradictory or essentially absurd statement. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
PARADOX — (~es) 1. You describe a situation as a ~ when it involves two or more facts or qualities which seem …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PARADOX — Synonyms and related words : Gordian knot, absurdity, ambiguity, ambivalence, antinomy, asymmetry, contradiction, crux, dilemma, disproportion, disproportionateness, enigma, equivocality, equivocation, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PARADOX — n. Absurdity ( as appears at first sight, yet not so in fact ), seeming contradiction.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
PARADOX — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
PARADOX — See ↑ OPPOSITE 4
Longman Activator English vocab
PARADOX — n. 25B6; noun CONTRADICTION (IN TERMS), self-contradiction, inconsistency, incongruity, conflict, anomaly; enigma, puzzle, mystery, conundrum.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PARADOX — n. a ~ that + clause (it's a ~ that such good friends cannot work together)
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
PARADOX — See Zeno's paradoxes
Theological and Philosophical Biography English vocab
PARADOX — A relational database PC system from Borland International. See GainMomentum , Relational database management , and 4GL Database Languages .
Jensen's Technology English Glossary
PARADOX — Парадокс
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PARADOX — (n) парадокс
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
PARADOX — n парадокс
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PARADOX — n парадокс
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PARADOX — n. парадокс
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PARADOX — n. парадокс
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PARADOX — парадокс
Англо-Русский физический словарь
PARADOX — парадокс
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
PARADOX — _n. парадокс
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
PARADOX — Парадокс
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
PARADOX — [n.] парадокс
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary

FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary

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