paradox
suomi-englanti sanakirjaparadox englannista suomeksi
paradoksi
Substantiivi
paradox englanniksi
An apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.
''"This sentence is false" is a paradox.''
{{quote-book|en|year=1962|author=Abraham Wolf|title=Textbook of Logic|page=255|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=YxM5AAAAIAAJ
A counterintuitive conclusion or outcome.
''It is an interesting paradox that drinking a lot of water can often make you feel thirsty.''
{{quote-text|en|date=May 21 1983|author=Ronald Reagan|title=Radio Address - 21 May 1983|Presidential Radio Address
A claim that two apparently contradictory ideas are true.
''Not having a fashion is a fashion; that's a paradox.''
{{quote-book|en|year=1879|author=W. S. Gilbert|title=The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan|year_published=1941|chapter=The Pirates of Penzance
A thing involving contradictory yet interrelated elements that exist simultaneously and persist over time.Smith, W. K. and Lewis, M. W. (2011). Toward a theory of paradox: A dynamic equilibrium model of organizing. ''Academy of Management Review,'' 36, pp. 381-403 Zhang, Y., Waldman, D. A., Han, Y., and Li, X. (2015). Paradoxical leader behaviors in people management: Antecedents and consequences. ''Academy of Management Journal,'' 58, pp. 538-566
A person or thing having contradictory properties.
''He is a paradox; you would not expect him in that political party.''
{{quote-book|en|year=1999|author=Virginia Henley|title=A Year and a Day|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=N-MQrgv2djYC|page=315|isbn=0440222079
An unanswerable question or difficult puzzle, particularly one which leads to a deeper truth.
{{quote-book|en|year=1994|author=James Joseph Pirkl|title=Transgenerational Design|page=3|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=RfJOAAAAMAAJ|isbn=0442010656
A statement which is difficult to believe, or which goes against general belief.
{{quote-book|en|year=1594|author=William Shakespeare|title=The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark|section=Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark/Act 3|Act III
{{quote-book|en|year=1615|author=Ralph Hamor|title=A True Discourse of the Present State of Virginia|publisher=Richmond|year_published=1957|page=3
The use of counterintuitive or contradictory statements (paradoxes) in speech or writing.
{{quote-book|en|year=1906|author=Richard Holt Hutton|title=Brief Literary Criticisms|page=40|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=fWAdAAAAMAAJ
A state in which one is logically compelled to contradict oneself.
{{quote-book|en|year=1866|author=Edward Poste|title=Aristotle on Fallacies, Or, The Sophistici Elenchi|page=43|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=fH2ggpTWYTUC|by=Aristotle
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.
{{quote-book|en|year=1988|author=Martin Lakin|title=Ethical Issues in the Psychotherapies|page=103|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=LOfHuL0rRgMC|isbn=0195044460
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paradoxical (gloss)
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paradoxical, awkward, adverse (gloss)