transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈper-ə-ˌdäks, ˈpa-rə- ]
noun
Etymology: Latin paradoxum, from Greek paradoxon, from neuter of paradoxos contrary to expectation, from para- + dokein to think, seem — more at decent
Date: 1540
1. : a tenet contrary to received opinion
2.
a. : a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true
b. : a self-contradictory statement that at first seems true
c. : an argument that apparently derives self-contradictory conclusions by valid deduction from acceptable premises
3. : one (as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases