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paradox
in
An Ideal Husband
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- That is a paradox, sir.†
Act 3 *
- I hate paradoxes.†
Act 3paradoxes = situations or statements that may be true but are surprising or seem impossible because parts of them seem to contradict each other
- Everybody one meets is a paradox nowadays.†
Act 3
Definitions:
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(paradox) a situation or statement that seems to contradict itself but may still be true
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, paradox may refer to a statement that contradicts itself -- such as "I always lie."