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paradoxe noun {m}

  /pa.ʁa.dɔks/
  • Proposition contraire à l’opinion commune ou à la vraisemblance
 paradox
paradoxe de l’œuf et de la poule
chicken-or-egg question
paradoxe français
French paradox
paradoxe de la valeur C
C-value enigma, C-value paradox
paradoxe du menteur
liar paradox

🇬🇧 en fr 🇫🇷

paradox noun

  /ˈpæ.ɹəˌdɒks/ , /ˈpæɹ.əˌdɑks/ , /ˈpɛɹ.əˌdɑks/
  • An apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.
 paradoxe
  • (uncountable, philosophy) A state in which one is logically compelled to contradict oneself.
 paradoxe, antinomie

paradoxical adjective

  /ˌpæɹəˈdɒksɪkəl/ , /ˌpɛɹəˈdɑːksɪkəl/
  • Having self-contradictory properties.
 paradoxal

paradoxically adverb

  /ˌpaɹəˈdɒksɪkli/ , /ˌpɛɹəˈdɑksɪkli/
  • In a paradoxical manner; so as to create a paradox.
 paradoxalement
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