1 [C] a person, thing or situation that has two opposite features and therefore seems strange:
He was a paradox-a loner who loved to chat to strangers. * It is a curious paradox that professional comedians often have unhappy personal lives.
2 [C,U] a statement containing two opposite ideas that make it seem impossible or unlikely, although it is probably true; the use of this in writing:
'More haste, less speed' is a well-known paradox. * It's a work full of paradox and ambiguity.
paradoxical adjective:
It is paradoxical that some of the poorest people live in some of the richest areas of the country.
paradoxically adverb:
Paradoxically, the less she ate, the fatter she got.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for paradox is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is paradox a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, paradox is tagged as noun.
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