PARADOX
- something which is contrary to conventional opinion [n -ES]
- a statement seemingly contradictory or absurd yet perhaps true [n PARADOXES]
- statement that seems self-contradictory
- refers to something such as a situation that is made up of two opposite things and that seems impossible but is actually true or possible.
- refers to a statement that is seeminglycontradictoryor opposed tocommon senseand yet is perhaps true.