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• contradictory — I adjective abjuratory, absonant, adversative, adverse, antagonistic, antithetical, asserting the contrary, asserting the opposite, at odds, at variance, clashing, conflicting, confutative, confuting, contradicting, contradistinct,… …   Law dictionary

• contradictory — adj. 1 expressing a denial or opposite statement. 2 (of statements etc.) mutually opposed or inconsistent. 3 (of a person) inclined to contradict. 4 Logic (of two propositions) so related that one and only one must be true. Derivatives:… …   Useful english dictionary

• self-contradictory — adjective Of statements that contradict themselves, ultimately logically corrupting the statement. The statement We agree to disagree on everything is self contradictory. Ant: self consistent …   Wiktionary

• paradox — paradoxical, paradoxal, adj. paradoxically, adv. paradoxicalness, paradoxicality, n. paradoxology, n. /par euh doks /, n. 1. a statement or proposition that seems self contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. 2. a self… …   Universalium

• Johnston diagram — Johnston diagrams, which look similar to Euler or Venn diagrams, illustrate formal propositional logic in a visual manner. Logically they are equivalent to truth tables; some may find them easier to understand at a glance. By overlaying one… …   Wikipedia

• paradox — noun Etymology: Latin paradoxum, from Greek paradoxon, from neuter of paradoxos contrary to expectation, from para + dokein to think, seem more at decent Date: 1540 1. a tenet contrary to received opinion 2. a. a statement that is seemingly… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• paradox — noun 1》 a seemingly absurd or self contradictory statement or proposition that may in fact be true.     ↘an apparently sound statement or proposition which leads to a logically unacceptable conclusion. 2》 a person or thing that combines… …   English new terms dictionary

• paradox — n. 1 a a seemingly absurd or contradictory statement, even if actually well founded. b a self contradictory or essentially absurd statement. 2 a person or thing conflicting with a preconceived notion of what is reasonable or possible. 3 a… …   Useful english dictionary

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• paradox — ► NOUN 1) a seemingly absurd or self contradictory statement or proposition that may in fact be true. 2) a person or thing that combines contradictory features or qualities. DERIVATIVES paradoxical adjective paradoxically adverb. ORIGIN… …   English terms dictionary