Both Uses
paradox
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The Ultimate Gift
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- In fact, the longer you live, the more the reality of life will seem like one great paradox.
Chpt 7 *paradox = surprising because parts of it seem to contradict each other
- This is another one of those paradoxical principles like we talked about several months ago.†
Chpt 11paradoxical = seeming impossible (at least on first impression) because things that seem true contradict each other
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."