Paradox



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 矛盾, 似矛盾而正确的说法
• ［英］ n. 矛盾, 似矛盾而正确的说法 ( a self-contradictory statement)
• ［记］ para ( 旁边) ＋dox ( 观点) -> 不正规的观点 -> 矛盾;
• ［同］ 同根词: orthodox ( 正统的) ; heterodox ( 异端的)

Webster Collegiate

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

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