as in dichotomy
someone or something with qualities or features that seem to conflict with one another
the paradox of fighting a war for peace
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Recent Examples of paradox
This theory of form contains a paradox in practice.
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Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 10 May 2025
California’s climb to the world’s fourth-largest economy marks a milestone and illustrates a paradox.
—Aref Aziz, Mercury News, 9 May 2025
The paradox of grit, active coping and brain health
Grit has become a central idea in psychology.
—Darlingtina Esiaka, The Conversation, 8 May 2025
And here’s the paradox: Just when your leaders need the most support, many companies pull it away.
—Tom Roberts, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
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Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 10 May 2025
California’s climb to the world’s fourth-largest economy marks a milestone and illustrates a paradox.
—Aref Aziz, Mercury News, 9 May 2025
The paradox of grit, active coping and brain health
Grit has become a central idea in psychology.
—Darlingtina Esiaka, The Conversation, 8 May 2025
And here’s the paradox: Just when your leaders need the most support, many companies pull it away.
—Tom Roberts, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for paradox
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paradox
Noun
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This dichotomy of leadership styles could prove instrumental in a locker room filled with rookies and rising stars.—
Anthony De Leon,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2025
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Encapsulating the dichotomy of genre, SINNERS explores perceptions of the blues and gospel music, which are identical sonically—but wrestle in connotation as blues was once deemed the devil’s music.—
Nia Shumake,
Essence,
15 May 2025
Noun
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Adding to the mystery, Teleios emits only in radio wavelengths, with a hint of hydrogen-alpha emissions.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Space.com,
29 May 2025
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Their quest: to finally solve the mystery of the Nameless and their connection to the Force, and to stop the blight before its damage becomes irreversible.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
29 May 2025
Noun
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By contemporary standards, Hoefnagel is a study in contradictions.—
Jonathon Keats,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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On June 6, Venus enters Taurus and your relationship zone, encouraging you to make space for contradiction.—
Colin Bedell,
Them.,
30 May 2025
Noun
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An underused Baranski delivers her usual dazzle as Victoria, and Kidman once again commits fully to the steely Russian enigma known as Masha.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
19 May 2025
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The character is an enigma, the focus of one of the series’ biggest mysteries.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2025
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Already concerned about the incongruity of having a comic yukking it up with what was happening with the AP and other outlets, the WHCA scrapped her.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
27 Apr. 2025
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Kirby’s incongruity is terrifying, so said someone much wiser than me.—
Mitch Wallace,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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“Paradox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paradox. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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