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1.nounAn apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.""This sentence is false" is a paradox."
2.nounA counterintuitive conclusion or outcome."It is an interesting paradox that drinking a lot of water can often make you feel thirsty."
3.nounA claim that two apparently contradictory ideas are true."Not having a fashion is a fashion; that's a paradox."
4.nounA thing involving contradictory yet interrelated elements that exist simultaneously and persist over time.
5.nounA person or thing having contradictory properties."He is a paradox; you would not expect him in that political party."
6.nounAn unanswerable question or difficult puzzle, particularly one which leads to a deeper truth.
7.nounA statement which is difficult to believe, or which goes against general belief.
8.nounThe use of counterintuitive or contradictory statements (paradoxes) in speech or writing.
9.nounA state in which one is logically compelled to contradict oneself.
10.nounThe 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.