paradox

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpæ.ɹəˌdɒks/
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• /ˈpæɹ.əˌdɑks/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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• /ˈpɛɹ.əˌdɑks/ Mary–marry–merry merger
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From Middle French paradoxe, from Latin paradoxum, from Ancient Greek παράδοξος (parádoxos, “unexpected, strange”).

99 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: paradoks — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Arabic: مُفَارَقَة (mufāraqa) — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Armenian: պարադոքս (paradokʻs) — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Armenian: հարակարծություն (harakarcutʻyun) — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Asturian: paradoxa — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Azerbaijani: نامعقوللق (nāmeqūlluq) — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Azerbaijani: paradoks — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Belarusian: парадо́кс (paradóks) — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Bengali: হেঁয়ালি (hẽẏali) — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Bulgarian: парадо́кс (paradóks) — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Catalan: paradoxa — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Catalan: paradox — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Chinese Mandarin: 悖論 /悖论 (bèilùn) — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Chinese Mandarin: 矛盾 (máodùn) — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Chinese Mandarin: 佯謬 /佯谬 (yángmiù) — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Czech: paradox — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Danish: paradoks — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Dutch: paradox — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Esperanto: paradokso — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Finnish: paradoksi — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• French: paradoxe — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Galician: paradoxo — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Georgian: პარადოქსი (ṗaradoksi) — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• German: Paradoxon — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• German: Paradox — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Greek: παραδοξολογία (paradoxología) — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Hebrew: פרדוקס — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Hindi: असत्याभास (asatyābhās) — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Hungarian: paradoxon — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Indonesian: paradoks — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Italian: paradosso — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Japanese: 逆説 (gyakusetsu) — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Japanese: パラドックス (paradokkusu) — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Japanese: 矛盾 (mujun) — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Kazakh: оғаштық (oğaştyq) — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Korean: 역설 (yeokseol) — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Korean: 패러독스 (paereodokseu) — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Latin: paradoxum — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Latvian: paradokss — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Lithuanian: paradoksas — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Macedonian: парадо́кс (paradóks) — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Norwegian: paradoks — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Occitan: paradòxa — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Polish: paradoks — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Portuguese: paradoxo — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Romanian: paradox — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Russian: парадо́кс (paradóks) — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Scottish Gaelic: paradacs — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Scottish Gaelic: frith-chosamhlachd — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Serbo-Croatian: парадокс — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Serbo-Croatian: paradoks — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Slovene: paradoks — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Slovene: protislovje — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Spanish: paradoja — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Swedish: paradox — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Tagalog: baligho — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Thai: ปฏิทรรศน์ — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Turkish: paradoks — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Turkish: çelişki — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Turkmen: paradoks — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Ukrainian: парадо́кс (paradóks) — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Vietnamese: nghịch lý — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Yiddish: פּאַראַדאָקס (paradoks) — apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true
• Afrikaans: paradoks — in logic: a self-contradictory statement
• Arabic: مُفَارَقَة (mufāraqa) — in logic: a self-contradictory statement
• Chinese Mandarin: 悖論 /悖论 (bèilùn) — in logic: a self-contradictory statement
• Chinese Mandarin: 矛盾 (máodùn) — in logic: a self-contradictory statement
• Chinese Mandarin: 佯謬 /佯谬 (yángmiù) — in logic: a self-contradictory statement
• Dutch: paradox — in logic: a self-contradictory statement
• Dutch: tegenspraak — in logic: a self-contradictory statement
• Finnish: paradoksi — in logic: a self-contradictory statement
• French: paradoxe — in logic: a self-contradictory statement
• French: antinomie — in logic: a self-contradictory statement
• German: Paradoxon — in logic: a self-contradictory statement
• Greek: παράδοξο (parádoxo) — in logic: a self-contradictory statement
• Japanese: 矛盾 (mujun) — in logic: a self-contradictory statement
• Japanese: パラドックス (paradokkusu) — in logic: a self-contradictory statement
• Kazakh: парадокс (paradoks) — in logic: a self-contradictory statement
• Kazakh: оғаштық (oğaştyq) — in logic: a self-contradictory statement
• Korean: 모순 (mosun) — in logic: a self-contradictory statement
• Korean: 자가당착 (jagadangchak) — in logic: a self-contradictory statement
• Latvian: paradokss — in logic: a self-contradictory statement
• Polish: paradoks — in logic: a self-contradictory statement
• Portuguese: paradoxo — in logic: a self-contradictory statement
• Scottish Gaelic: paradacs — in logic: a self-contradictory statement
• Scottish Gaelic: frith-chosamhlachd — in logic: a self-contradictory statement
• Slovene: paradoks — in logic: a self-contradictory statement
• Spanish: paradoja — in logic: a self-contradictory statement
• Swedish: paradox — in logic: a self-contradictory statement
• Turkish: paradoks — in logic: a self-contradictory statement
• Turkish: çelişki — in logic: a self-contradictory statement
• Vietnamese: nghịch lý — in logic: a self-contradictory statement
• Yiddish: פּאַראַדאָקס (paradoks) — in logic: a self-contradictory statement
• Chinese Mandarin: 矛盾的人 (máodùn de rén) — person or thing with contradictory properties
• Chinese Mandarin: 矛盾的事物 (máodùn de shìwù) — person or thing with contradictory properties
• Chinese Mandarin: 矛盾的事情 (máodùn de shìqing) — person or thing with contradictory properties
• Finnish: kummajainen — person or thing with contradictory properties
• Greek: αντίφαση (antífasi) — person or thing with contradictory properties
• Japanese: パラドックス (paradokkusu) — person or thing with contradictory properties