paradoxes Definition

paradox
noun paradoxes

1. A statement that seems to contradict itself, eg and War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength (from George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four).

Thesaurus: contradiction, inconsistency, absurdity, riddle.
2. A situation involving apparently contradictory elements.
3. logic.
A proposition that is essentially absurd or leads to an absurd conclusion.

Derivative: paradoxical
adj

Involving apparently contradictory elements
Thesaurus: contradictory, conflicting, incongruous, inconsistent, self-contradictory, absurd, baffling, incomprehensible, confounding, enigmatic, puzzling, illogical.

Derivative: paradoxically
adverb

Derivative: paradoxy
noun

The quality of being paradoxical.

Etymology: 16c: from Greek paradoxos incredible, from para- beyond + doxos opinion.