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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-911/
- Published: 2022-07-28T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-05-24T21:07:41.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 23:04

The word for today is…

paradox (noun):

1 : one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases  
2a : a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true  
b : a self-contradictory statement that at first seems true  
c : an argument that apparently derives self-contradictory conclusions by valid deduction from acceptable premises  
3 : a tenet contrary to received opinion

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paradox?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : The ancient Greeks were well aware that a paradox can take us outside our usual way of thinking. They combined the prefix para- (“beyond” or “outside of”) with the verb dokein (“to think”), forming paradoxos, an adjective meaning “contrary to expectation.” Latin speakers used that word as the basis for a noun paradoxum, which English speakers borrowed during the 1500s to create paradox.

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