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Paradoxy

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paradoxologynounThe study or contemplation of paradoxes.
paradoxnounAn apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.
paradoxiciannounA person who formulates or uses paradoxes.
paradoxlingnounA small paradox.
proverbnounA commonly used sentence expressing popular wisdom.
paradoxographernounA writer of paradoxography.
paradoxistnounA participant in the art movement of paradoxism.
paroemianounA proverb.
parabolanoun(geometry) The conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to a tangent plane to the cone; the locus of points equidistant from a fixed point (the focus) and line (the directrix).
paralogynoun(logic) paralogism, fallacy
pseudostatementnoun(logic, philosophy) An unverifiable statement.
paroxismnounObsolete spelling of paroxysm. [(countable, medicine) A period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; a sudden attack of a disease symptom, such as a bout of coughing or a seizure.]
parodynounA work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.
parologynounMisspelling of paralogy. [(logic) paralogism, fallacy]
parablepsynounAlternative form of parablepsis. [(palaeography, textual criticism) A circumstance in which a scribe miscopies text due to inadvertently looking to the side while copying, or accidentally skips over some of it.]
paraprosdokiannounA figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part.
paroxytonenoun(linguistics) A paroxytone word.
paragramnounA play on words; a pun.
paralogiciannoun(logic) A person who uses paralogy
paradoxical sleepnounSynonym of REM sleep.

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