Category:Paradox

Par`a*dox, n.; pl. Paradoxes. Etym: [f. paradoxe, l. paradoxum, fr. Gr. Para-, and dogma.]

Defn: a tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an Assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common Sense; that which in appearance or terms is absurd, but yet may be True in fact. A gloss there is to color that paradox, and make it appear in show Not to be altogether unreasonable. Hooker. This was sometime a paradox, but now the time gives it proof. Shak. Hydrostatic paradox. See under hydrostatic.