All 6 Uses of
paradox
in
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 20 chapter version
- The few words that Basil's friend had said to him—words spoken by chance, no doubt, and with wilful paradox in them—had touched some secret chord that had never been touched before, but that he felt was now vibrating and throbbing to curious pulses.†
Chpt 2
- "Paradoxes are all very well in their way...." rejoined the Baronet.†
Chpt 3 *paradoxes = situations or statements that may be true but are surprising or seem impossible because parts of them seem to contradict each other
- "Was that a paradox?" asked Mr. Erskine.†
Chpt 3
- Well, the way of paradoxes is the way of truth.†
Chpt 3paradoxes = situations or statements that may be true but are surprising or seem impossible because parts of them seem to contradict each other
- He played with the idea, and grew wilful; tossed it into the air and transformed it; let it escape and recaptured it; made it iridescent with fancy, and winged it with paradox.†
Chpt 3
- "His name is Prince Paradox," said Dorian.†
Chpt 17
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) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, paradox may refer to a statement that contradicts itself -- such as "I always lie."