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📖 Определения и значения для слова paradox

📒 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.
  • The author tackles one of the deepest paradoxes of life.

📒 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.
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