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What (who) is paradox - definition

STATEMENT THAT, DESPITE APPARENTLY VALID REASONING FROM TRUE PREMISES, LEADS TO AN APPARENTLY-SELF-CONTRADICTORY CONCLUSION
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You describe a situation as a paradox when it involves two or more facts or qualities which seem to contradict each other.
The paradox is that the region's most dynamic economies have the most primitive financial systems...
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A paradox is a statement in which it seems that if one part of it is true, the other part of it cannot be true.
Although I'm so successful I'm really rather a failure. That's a paradox, isn't it?
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<logic> An apparently sound argument leading to a contradiction. Some famous examples are Russell's paradox and the {liar paradox}. Most paradoxes stem from some kind of self-reference. {Smarandache Linguistic Paradox (http://gallup.unm.edu/paradoxsmarandache/Paradox.htm)}. (1999-11-05)
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n. a paradox that + clause (it's a paradox that such good friends cannot work together)

Wikipedia

Paradox

A paradox is a logically self-contradictory statement or a statement that runs contrary to one's expectation. It is a statement that, despite apparently valid reasoning from true premises, leads to a seemingly self-contradictory or a logically unacceptable conclusion. A paradox usually involves contradictory-yet-interrelated elements that exist simultaneously and persist over time. They result in "persistent contradiction between interdependent elements" leading to a lasting "unity of opposites".

In logic, many paradoxes exist that are known to be invalid arguments, yet are nevertheless valuable in promoting critical thinking, while other paradoxes have revealed errors in definitions that were assumed to be rigorous, and have caused axioms of mathematics and logic to be re-examined. One example is Russell's paradox, which questions whether a "list of all lists that do not contain themselves" would include itself, and showed that attempts to found set theory on the identification of sets with properties or predicates were flawed. Others, such as Curry's paradox, cannot be easily resolved by making foundational changes in a logical system.

Examples outside logic include the ship of Theseus from philosophy, a paradox that questions whether a ship repaired over time by replacing each and all of its wooden parts, one at a time, would remain the same ship. Paradoxes can also take the form of images or other media. For example, M.C. Escher featured perspective-based paradoxes in many of his drawings, with walls that are regarded as floors from other points of view, and staircases that appear to climb endlessly.

In common usage, the word "paradox" often refers to statements that are ironic or unexpected, such as "the paradox that standing is more tiring than walking".

Examples of use of paradox
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2. This explains a fundamental paradox about America.
3. He gave me his card: Paradox Pictures, Brandon K.
4. What a sensational headline, what a fascinating paradox.
5. This paradox called for a social–science experiment.