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For the actors, the goal was a paradox: real emotion, produced on cue.

Claudia Roth Pierpont, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2008 Again and again, he returns in his writing to the paradox of a woman who is superior to the men around her by virtue of social class though considered inferior to them on account of her gender.

Terry Eagleton, Harper's, November 2007 She was certainly far from understanding him completely; his meaning was not at all times obvious. It was hard to see what he meant for instance by speaking of his provincial side—which was exactly the side she would have taken him most to lack. Was it a harmless paradox, intended to puzzle her? or was it the last refinement of high culture?

Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady, 1881 Mr. Guppy propounds for Mr. Smallweed's consideration the paradox that the more you drink the thirstier you are and reclines his head upon the window-sill in a state of hopeless languor.

Charles Dickens, Bleak House, 1852-53 It is a paradox that computers need maintenance so often, since they are meant to save people time. As an actor, he's a paradox—he loves being in the public eye but also deeply values and protects his privacy. a novel full of paradox See More

Recent Examples on the Web If so, there may be a new way to picture what happens to information about objects that fall into black holes — a long-standing mystery known as the black hole information paradox.

Thomas Lewton, Quanta Magazine, 8 Sep. 2022 Instead, the paradox just prevents what actions can be conducted on a trip through time.

Robert Lea, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2022 Economists are celebrating the paradox that is the good news of more people going without work.

Colin Lodewick, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2022 The paradox of his blind spots remains, thrown into sharper relief by Nagorski’s work.

Patrick Blanchfield, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2022 The invisibility/hypervisibility paradox is a second experience that numerous Black professionals have described to me in climate studies over the years.

Shaun Harper, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022 The paradox of risk and reward from nuclear power has been brought to the fore by the war.

Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022 As fall looms, the U.S. is now poised to expose the fatal paradox in its vaccine-only plan.

Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2022 To address that paradox, some platforms are preparing to hand users more control.

Katie Deighton, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2022 See More

单词	paradox
释义	paradox noun par·a·dox ˈper-ə-ˌdäks ˈpa-rə- 1 : one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases 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 : a tenet contrary to received opinion Did you know? The ancient Greeks were well aware that a paradox can take us outside our usual way of thinking. They combined the prefix para- ("beyond" or "outside of") with the verb dokein ("to think"), forming paradoxos, an adjective meaning "contrary to expectation." Latin speakers used that word as the basis for a noun paradoxum, which English speakers borrowed during the 1500s to create paradox. Synonyms contradiction dichotomy incongruity See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences For the actors, the goal was a paradox: real emotion, produced on cue. Claudia Roth Pierpont, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2008 Again and again, he returns in his writing to the paradox of a woman who is superior to the men around her by virtue of social class though considered inferior to them on account of her gender. Terry Eagleton, Harper's, November 2007 She was certainly far from understanding him completely; his meaning was not at all times obvious. It was hard to see what he meant for instance by speaking of his provincial side—which was exactly the side she would have taken him most to lack. Was it a harmless paradox, intended to puzzle her? or was it the last refinement of high culture? Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady, 1881 Mr. Guppy propounds for Mr. Smallweed's consideration the paradox that the more you drink the thirstier you are and reclines his head upon the window-sill in a state of hopeless languor. Charles Dickens, Bleak House, 1852-53 It is a paradox that computers need maintenance so often, since they are meant to save people time. As an actor, he's a paradox—he loves being in the public eye but also deeply values and protects his privacy. a novel full of paradox See More Recent Examples on the Web If so, there may be a new way to picture what happens to information about objects that fall into black holes — a long-standing mystery known as the black hole information paradox. Thomas Lewton, Quanta Magazine, 8 Sep. 2022 Instead, the paradox just prevents what actions can be conducted on a trip through time. Robert Lea, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2022 Economists are celebrating the paradox that is the good news of more people going without work. Colin Lodewick, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2022 The paradox of his blind spots remains, thrown into sharper relief by Nagorski’s work. Patrick Blanchfield, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2022 The invisibility/hypervisibility paradox is a second experience that numerous Black professionals have described to me in climate studies over the years. Shaun Harper, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022 The paradox of risk and reward from nuclear power has been brought to the fore by the war. Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022 As fall looms, the U.S. is now poised to expose the fatal paradox in its vaccine-only plan. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2022 To address that paradox, some platforms are preparing to hand users more control. Katie Deighton, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Latin paradoxum, from Greek paradoxon, from neuter of paradoxos contrary to expectation, from para- + dokein to think, seem — more at decent First Known Use 1540, in the meaning defined at sense 3 Kids Definition paradox noun par·a·dox ˈper-ə-ˌdäks 1 : a statement that seems to say opposite things and yet is perhaps true 2 : a person or thing having qualities that seem to be opposite Medical Definition paradox noun par·a·dox ˈpar-ə-ˌdäks : an instance of a paradoxical phenomenon or reaction paradox noun as in dichotomy someone or something with qualities or features that seem to conflict with one another the paradox of fighting a war for peace Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance dichotomy enigma mystery incongruity contradiction riddle conundrum puzzle antinomy mystification puzzlement
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