n .
a true statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems to contradict itself ; an untrue statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems logical 모순되어 보이지만 옳은 말이나 현상 ; 논리적인 것 같지만 사실은 틀린 말이나 현상, 역설

• Mr. Cooper is a political paradox ; he's a staunch Republican who votes only for Democrats.
• One of Xeno's paradoxes seems to prove the impossibility of arrow's ever reaching its target : if the arrow fist moves half the distance to the target, then half the remaining distance, and so on, it can never arrive.
• A paradox is paradoxical. Hubert's dislike of ice cream was paradoxical, considering that he worked as an ice cream taster.