meaning of paradox

1. 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.
2. 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?]
3. paradox An apparently sound argument leading to a contradiction. Some famous examples are Russells 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.
4. logic a self-contradiction; "`I always lie is a paradox because if it is true it must be ">false"

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