A proposition or statement that is (taken to be) actually self-contradictory, absurd, or intrinsically unreasonable.
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释义 | the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun] > paradoxicality or self-contradiction > paradox or dichotomy (5) paradox1570 A proposition or statement that is (taken to be) actually self-contradictory, absurd, or intrinsically unreasonable. contra-indicant1796 transferred. = counter-indication, n. antinomy1802 A contradiction between conclusions which seem equally logical, reasonable, or necessary; a paradox; intellectual contradictoriness. (After Kant.) antinome1864 A logical contradiction or contrary. dichotomy1903 A sharp or paradoxical contrast resulting from such a division; something paradoxical, ambivalent, or contradictory. |
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