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paradox
in
Jane Eyre
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- Pardon the seeming paradox; I mean what I say.†
p. 215.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(paradox) a situation or statement that seems to contradict itself but may still be true
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, paradox may refer to a statement that contradicts itself -- such as "I always lie."