paradox

paradox

  1. paradoksi

Liittyvät sanat: paradoxical, paradoxically

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paradox

paradoksi, ristiriitaisuus, sanonnan ristiriitaisuus, mahdoton ajatus, ristiriita.

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Englannin sanakirja

paradox (englanti > suomi)

  1. paradoksi

  2. kummajainen

paradox englanniksi

  1. A self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.(jump)

    2. "This sentence is false" is a paradox.

  2. {{quote-book|1962|Abraham Wolf|Textbook of Logic|page=255|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=YxM5AAAAIAAJ

  3. A counterintuitive conclusion or outcome.(jump)

    4. It is an interesting paradox that drinking a lot of water can often make you feel thirsty.

  4. 1983 May 21, (w), "wikisource:Presidential Radio Address - 21 May 1983|Presidential Radio Address",

    5. The most fundamental paradox is that if we're never to use force, we must be prepared to use it and to use it successfully.

  5. A claim that two apparently contradictory ideas are true.(jump)

    6. Not having a fashion is a fashion; thats a paradox.''

  6. {{quote-book|1879|w:W. S. Gilbert|W. S. Gilbert|http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext97/cpogs10.txt The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan|year_published=1941|chapter=w:The Pirates of Penzance|The Pirates of Penzance

  7. A thing involving contradictory yet interrelated elements that exist simultaneously and persist over time.Smith, W. K. and Lewis, M. W. (2011). Toward a theory of paradox: A dynamic equilibrium model of organizing. Academy of Management Review, 36, pp. 381-403 Zhang, Y., Waldman, D. A., Han, Y., and Li, X. (2015). Paradoxical leader behaviors in people management: Antecedents and consequences. Academy of Management Journal, 58, pp. 538-566

  8. A person or thing having contradictory property properties.(jump)

    9. He is a paradox; you would not expect him in that political party.

  9. {{quote-book|1999|Virginia Henley|A Year and a Day|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=N-MQrgv2djYC|page=315|isbn=0440222079

  10. An unanswerable question or difficult puzzle, particularly one which leads to a deeper truth. (jump)

  11. {{quote-book|1994|James Joseph Pirkl|Transgenerational Design|page=3|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=RfJOAAAAMAAJ|isbn=0442010656

  12. puhekieltä A statement which is difficult to believe, or which goes against general belief.

  13. {{quote-book|1594|William Shakespeare|The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark|section=wikisource:The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark/Act 3|Act III

  14. 1615, Ralph Hamor, A True Discourse of the Present State of Virginia, Richmond 1957, p. 3

    15. they contended to make that Maxim, that there is no faith to be held with Infidels, a meere and absurd Paradox ....

  15. puhekieltä The use of counterintuitive or contradictory statements (paradoxes) in speech or writing.

  16. (quote-book)|Brief Literary Criticisms|page=40|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=fWAdAAAAMAAJ

  17. puhekieltä A state in which one is logically compelled to contradict oneself.

  18. (quote-book)

  19. puhekieltä The practice of giving instructions that are opposed to the therapist's actual intent, with the intention that the client will disobey or be unable to obey.(jump)

  20. {{quote-book|1988|Martin Lakin|Ethical Issues in the Psychotherapies|page=103|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=LOfHuL0rRgMC|isbn=0195044460

  21. (l)

  22. paradoxical

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