WordDictionary

Noun:

• A claim that two apparently contradictory ideas are true.apparent contradiction|t
• A counterintuitive conclusion or outcome.counterintuitive outcome|u|s
• An unanswerable question or difficult puzzle, particularly one which leads to a deeper truth. unanswerable question|u|s
• A person or thing having properties.person or thing with contradictory properties|s|t
• rhetoric|uncountable The use of counterintuitive or contradictory statements (paradoxes) in speech or writing.
• self-contradictory statement|t|u
• obsolete A statement which is difficult to believe, or which goes against general belief.
• uncountable A state in which one is logically compelled to contradict oneself.
• uncountable The practice of giving instructions that are opposed to the therapist's actual intent, with the intention that the client will disobey or be unable to obey.therapy practice|s