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"text": "Not having a fashion is a fashion; that's a paradox."
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"text": "How quaint the ways of Paradox! / At common sense she gaily mocks! / Though counting in the usual way years twenty-one I've been alive, / Yet reck'ning by my natal day, / Yet reck'ning by my natal day, / I am a little boy of five!",
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"word": "paradosso"
},
{
"alt": "ぎゃくせつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gyakusetsu",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"word": "逆説"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "paradokkusu",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"word": "パラドックス"
},
{
"alt": "むじゅん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mujun",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"word": "矛盾"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "oğaştyq",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"word": "оғаштық"
},
{
"alt": "逆説",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yeokseol",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"word": "역설"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "paereodokseu",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"word": "패러독스"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "paradoxum"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paradokss"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paradoksas"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "paradóks",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "парадо́кс"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"word": "paradoks"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "paradòxa"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paradoks"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paradoxo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "paradox"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "paradóks",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "парадо́кс"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paradacs"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "frith-chosamhlachd"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "парадокс"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "paradoks"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paradoks"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "protislovje"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "paradoja"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "paradox"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"word": "baligho"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"word": "ปฏิทรรศน์"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"word": "paradoks"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"word": "çelişki"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"word": "paradoks"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "paradóks",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "парадо́кс"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"word": "nghịch lý"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "paradoks",
"sense": "apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "פּאַראַדאָקס"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "in logic: a self-contradictory statement",
"word": "paradoks"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "in logic: a self-contradictory statement",
"word": "悖論"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bèilùn",
"sense": "in logic: a self-contradictory statement",
"word": "悖论"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "máodùn",
"sense": "in logic: a self-contradictory statement",
"word": "矛盾"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "in logic: a self-contradictory statement",
"word": "佯謬"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yángmiù",
"sense": "in logic: a self-contradictory statement",
"word": "佯谬"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "in logic: a self-contradictory statement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paradox"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "in logic: a self-contradictory statement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tegenspraak"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in logic: a self-contradictory statement",
"word": "paradoksi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "in logic: a self-contradictory statement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paradoxe"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "in logic: a self-contradictory statement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "antinomie"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in logic: a self-contradictory statement",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Paradoxon"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "parádoxo",
"sense": "in logic: a self-contradictory statement",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "παράδοξο"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mujun",
"sense": "in logic: a self-contradictory statement",
"word": "矛盾"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "paradokkusu",
"sense": "in logic: a self-contradictory statement",
"word": "パラドックス"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "paradoks",
"sense": "in logic: a self-contradictory statement",
"word": "парадокс"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "oğaştyq",
"sense": "in logic: a self-contradictory statement",
"word": "оғаштық"
},
{
"alt": "矛盾",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "mosun",
"sense": "in logic: a self-contradictory statement",
"word": "모순"
},
{
"alt": "自家撞着",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jagadangchak",
"sense": "in logic: a self-contradictory statement",
"word": "자가당착"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "in logic: a self-contradictory statement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paradokss"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in logic: a self-contradictory statement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paradoks"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in logic: a self-contradictory statement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paradoxo"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "in logic: a self-contradictory statement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paradacs"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "in logic: a self-contradictory statement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "frith-chosamhlachd"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "in logic: a self-contradictory statement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paradoks"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in logic: a self-contradictory statement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "paradoja"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in logic: a self-contradictory statement",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "paradox"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "in logic: a self-contradictory statement",
"word": "paradoks"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "in logic: a self-contradictory statement",
"word": "çelişki"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "in logic: a self-contradictory statement",
"word": "nghịch lý"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "paradoks",
"sense": "in logic: a self-contradictory statement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "פּאַראַדאָקס"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "máodùn de rén",
"sense": "person or thing with contradictory properties",
"word": "矛盾的人"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "máodùn de shìwù",
"sense": "person or thing with contradictory properties",
"word": "矛盾的事物"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "máodùn de shìqing",
"sense": "person or thing with contradictory properties",
"word": "矛盾的事情"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person or thing with contradictory properties",
"word": "kummajainen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "antífasi",
"sense": "person or thing with contradictory properties",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "αντίφαση"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "paradokkusu",
"sense": "person or thing with contradictory properties",
"word": "パラドックス"
}
],
"word": "paradox"
}
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