paradox
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- n (logic) a statement that contradicts itself
`I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false
- The paradox of thrift is that the more individuals save, the more the collective savings fall because one individual's spending is another person's income.
- Every Briton loves a paradox.
- Franklin Roosevelt's anti-inflation program produced a neat socio-political paradox last week.