[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

paradox \par"adox\ pa^r".ado^ks, n.; pl. paradoxes
   pa^r".ado^kse^z. f. paradoxe, l. paradoxum, fr.
   gr. para`doxon; para` beside, beyond, contrary to + dokei^n
   to think, suppose, imagine. see para-, and dogma.
   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.
   1913 webster

         a gloss there is to color that paradox, and make it
         appear in show not to be altogether unreasonable.
                                                  --hooker.
   1913 webster

         this was sometime a paradox, but now the time gives it
         proof.                                   --shak.
   1913 webster

   hydrostatic paradox. see under hydrostatic.
      1913 webster
see also:
paradoxes para- dogma hydrostatic paradox hydrostatic 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

paradox
     n : logic a self-contradiction; "`i always lie' is a paradox
         because if it is true it must be false"

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

57 moby thesaurus words for "paradox":
   gordian knot, absurdity, ambiguity, ambivalence, antinomy,
   asymmetry, contradiction, crux, dilemma, disproportion,
   disproportionateness, enigma, equivocality, equivocation, heresy,
   heterodoxy, heterogeneity, hopelessness, impossibility, impossible,
   impossibleness, incoherence, incommensurability, incompatibility,
   inconceivability, incongruity, inconsistency, inconsonance, irony,
   irreconcilability, knot, knotty point, mystery, no chance, node,
   nodus, nonconformability, nonconformity, nonplus, oxymoron,
   perplexity, pons asinorum, poser, problem, puzzle, quandary,
   self-contradiction, teaser, the impossible, unconformability,
   unconformity, unimaginability, unorthodoxy, unthinkability,
   vexed question, what cannot be, what cannot happen

[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

paradox
     
         a relational database for microsoft windows,
        originally from borland.
     
        paradox 5 ran on microsoft windows version? and provided a
        graphical environment, a debugger, a data modelling tool,
        and many "objectpal" commands.
     
        paradox 7 ran under windows 95 and windows nt.
     
        latest version: paradox 9, as of 2000-02-10 a corel
        product.
     
        home http://www.corel.com/paradox9/index.htm.
     
        update?
     
        1996-05-27
     
     
see also:
relational database microsoft windows borland data modelling windows 95 windows nt 
corel lt;homegt; 

[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

paradox
     
         an apparently sound argument leading to a
        contradiction.
     
        some famous examples are russell's paradox and the liar
        paradox.  most paradoxes stem from some kind of
        self-reference.
     
        smarandache linguistic paradox
        http://www.gallup.unm.edu/~smarandache/paradox.htm.
     
        1999-11-05
     
     
see also:
contradiction russell's paradox liar paradox self-reference lt;smarandache linguistic paradoxgt; 

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

paradox, ny
  zip codes: 12858

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