paradox
- paradox
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ apparent, seeming (esp. AmE)
▪ great
▪ central, fundamental
▪ curious, interesting, strange
VERB + PARADOX
▪ create, pose, present
▪ The facts pose something of a paradox.
▪ address, explore
▪ reveal
▪ explain, resolve, solve
PREPOSITION
▪ paradox about
▪ The paradox about time is that it seems to go faster as we become older and less active.
▪ paradox between
▪ the paradox between the real and the ideal
▪ paradox in
▪ the paradox in the relationship between creativity and psychosis
▪ paradox of
▪ The author tackles one of the deepest paradoxes of life.
PHRASES
▪ by a curious paradox
▪ By a curious paradox, the team became less motivated the more games it won.
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