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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | paradoxum, from Greek, from paradoxis 'opposite to what is expected' |
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par‧a‧dox
1 [countable] a situation that seems strange because it involves two ideas or qualities that are very different : 
It's a paradox that in such a rich country there can be so much poverty.
It's a paradox that in such a rich country there can be so much poverty.2 [countable] a statement that seems impossible because it contains two opposing ideas that are both true : The paradox is that fishermen would catch more fish if they fished less.
The paradox is that fishermen would catch more fish if they fished less.3 [uncountable] the use of statements that are a paradox in writing or speech
—paradoxical
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