Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun paradox

1 sense of paradox

Sense 1
paradox -- ((logic) a statement that contradicts itself; "`I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false")
       => contradiction, contradiction in terms -- ((logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction")