as in dichotomy
someone or something with qualities or features that seem to conflict with one another
the paradox of fighting a war for peace
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Recent Examples of paradox
The movie tries so hard to put forth a sweeping treatise on the paradox of a Black bodybuilder, to be a study of Black masculinity.
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Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2025
The rich layers, paradox and diversity here reflect so much of what Casablanca represents.
—Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 4 Apr. 2025
And fans were quick to question the seeming paradox of Woods' request for privacy.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
His mounting anxiety, however, reflects a more personal, immediate paradox.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 23 Mar. 2025
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Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2025
The rich layers, paradox and diversity here reflect so much of what Casablanca represents.
—Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 4 Apr. 2025
And fans were quick to question the seeming paradox of Woods' request for privacy.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
His mounting anxiety, however, reflects a more personal, immediate paradox.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 23 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paradox
Noun
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The record will appear on his debut album Order Chaos Order, out June 13, which emerged from a kindred dichotomy.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
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Oda is a revelatory young acting and vocal talent, commanding the stage inside a masterful performance, the truth of Jade’s personal persona an interesting dichotomy from how the public knows her.—
David John Chávez,
The Mercury News,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But for 130 years, the location of the infamous roots was a mystery.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Apr. 2025
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All the Europeans trying to get into WWE was such a mystery about it.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Below are three key takeaways from this growing contradiction.—
Ilona Limonta-Volkova,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The Trump administration has not really faced or sought to resolve the fundamental contradiction delaying serious peace talks: Netanyahu insists that any cease-fire process must end in the dismantling of Hamas.—
Amos Harel,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Kansas City Royals are a bit of an enigma right now.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
13 Apr. 2025
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Piper and Timothy go through transformative experiences over the season, but Saxon, Lochlan, and Victoria remain enigmas to each other and the viewer.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
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In another show, with a lesser writer, such incongruities could be read as character inconsistencies, accidental oversights, mistakes.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
7 Apr. 2025
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This is the incongruity that fuels Universal Language, Matthew Rankin’s glorious parody-slash-ode to someone else’s shadows-on-a-wall missives — a gesture of decontextualization that layers one country’s extraordinary visual poetry over another’s extreme blandness.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Paradox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paradox. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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