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paradoxes |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Paradox \Par`a*dox\, n.; pl {Paradoxes}. [F. paradoxe, L. paradoxum fr Gr ?; ? beside, beyond, contrary to + ? to think, suppose, imagine. See {Para-}, and {Dogma}.] A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense that which in appearance or terms is absurd, but yet may be true in fact A gloss there is to color that paradox, and make it appear in show not to be altogether unreasonable. --Hooker. This was sometime a paradox, but now the time gives it proof. --Shak. {Hydrostatic paradox}. See under {Hydrostatic}.
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