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Definition
a situation or statement that may be true but is surprising or seems impossible because parts of it seem to contradict each other
- "No, excuse me, that's a paradox."Part Six (32% in)
- "You have changed in many respects since your marriage, and for the better," said Sergey Ivanovitch, smiling to Kitty, and obviously little interested in the conversation, "but you have remained true to your passion for defending the most paradoxical theories."Part Six (1% in)
There are no more uses of "paradox" in Anna Karenina.
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