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paradoxical adjective

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

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

paradoxically adverb

  • In a paradoxical manner; so as to create a paradox.
 paradoxalement
paradoxical frog
grenouille paradoxale
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