Synonyms for paradox
ˈpær əˌdɒkspara·dox

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1. paradoxnoun

   Synonyms:
   reverse psychology, koan, riddle, enigma, quandary, contradiction, shocker, puzzle, juxtaposition

2. paradoxnoun

   A self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.

   This sentence is false is a paradox.

   Synonyms:
   shocker, koan, puzzle, enigma, riddle, contradiction, quandary, juxtaposition, reverse psychology

3. paradoxnoun

   A counterintuitive conclusion or outcome.

   It is an interesting paradox that drinking a lot of water can often make you feel thirsty.

   Synonyms:
   reverse psychology, contradiction, riddle, enigma, quandary, koan, shocker, juxtaposition, puzzle

4. paradoxnoun

   A claim that two apparently contradictory ideas are true.

   Not having a fashion is a fashion; that's a paradox.

   Synonyms:
   juxtaposition, shocker, riddle, puzzle, quandary, enigma, koan, reverse psychology, contradiction

5. paradoxnoun

   A person or thing having contradictory properties.

   He is a paradox; you would not expect him in that political party.

   Synonyms:
   enigma, riddle, juxtaposition, reverse psychology, koan, contradiction, shocker, puzzle, quandary

6. paradoxnoun

   An unanswerable question or difficult puzzle, particularly one which leads to a deeper truth.

   Synonyms:
   quandary, puzzle, riddle, koan, enigma, juxtaposition, contradiction, shocker, reverse psychology

7. paradoxnoun

   A statement which is difficult to believe, or which goes against general belief.

   Synonyms:
   reverse psychology, contradiction, quandary, riddle, enigma, puzzle, koan, juxtaposition, shocker

8. paradoxnoun

   The use of counterintuitive or contradictory statements (paradoxes) in speech or writing.

   Synonyms:
   enigma, juxtaposition, shocker, quandary, riddle, puzzle, contradiction, koan, reverse psychology

9. paradoxnoun

   A state in which one is logically compelled to contradict oneself.

   Synonyms:
   reverse psychology, quandary, shocker, contradiction, enigma, juxtaposition, koan, riddle, puzzle

10. paradoxnoun

    The practice of giving instructions that are opposed to the therapist's actual intent, with the intention that the client will disobey or be unable to obey.

    Synonyms:
    riddle, reverse psychology, contradiction, quandary, juxtaposition, koan, shocker, enigma, puzzle

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. paradoxnoun

   Conundrum, a word of unknown origin, signifies some question or statement in which some hidden and fanciful resemblance is involved, the answer often depending upon a pun; an enigma is a dark saying; a paradox is a true statement that at first appears absurd or contradictory; a problem is something thrown out for solution; puzzle (from oppose) referred originally to the intricate arguments by which disputants opposed each other in the old philosophic schools. The riddle is an ambiguous or paradoxical statement with a hidden meaning to be guessed by the mental acuteness of the one to whom it is proposed; the riddle is not so petty as the conundrum, and may require much acuteness for its answer; a problem may require simply study and scholarship, as a problem in mathematics; a puzzle may be in something other than verbal statement, as a dissected map or any perplexing mechanical contrivance. Both enigma and puzzle may be applied to any matter difficult of answer or solution, enigma conveying an idea of greater dignity, puzzle applying to something more commonplace and mechanical; there are many dark enigmas in human life and in the course of providence; the location of a missing object is often a puzzle.

   Synonyms:
   conundrum, enigma, problem, puzzle, riddle

   Antonyms:
   answer, axiom, explanation, proposition, solution

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.7 / 7 votes

1. paradox

   Synonyms:
   contradiction, enigma, mystery, absurdity, ambiguity

   Antonyms:
   precept, proposition, axiom, truism, postulate

Princeton's WordNet

1. paradoxnoun

   (logic) a statement that contradicts itself

   "`I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false"

Matched Categories

1. • Contradiction
   • Logic

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. paradoxnoun

   Synonyms:
   absurdity (as appears at first sight, yet not so in fact), seeming contradiction

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1. List of paraphrases for "paradox":

   contradiction, paradoxical, irony, oxymoron

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1. List of known nicknames for "Paradox":

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1. Ida Rademacher:

   The paradox is that the economy is doing great but there is a disconnect between households and the economy, a country's financial system is a key determinant of whether an economy is fair or just.

2. Robert Cloninger:

   The people who try to use it are the ones who are going to be the most vulnerable to being shamed and attacked and rejected and not being able to handle crisis well, robert Cloninger’ve got this paradox of the people most likely to use it are the ones who are then going to be most vulnerable to its dangers.

3. C. C. Colton:

   There is this paradox in pride - it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.

4. Thomas Wolfe:

   Perhaps this is our strange and haunting paradox here in America -- that we are fixed and certain only when we are in movement.

5. Sir Winston Churchill, Hansard, November 12, 1936:

   So they [the Government] go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent.