paradoxes

noun

plural of paradox
as in contradictions
someone or something with qualities or features that seem to conflict with one another the paradox of fighting a war for peace

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Recent Examples of paradoxes Burke gets some heavy digs in at all the paradoxes of tradwifery. — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026 This is one of the defining paradoxes of the AI era. — Joseph Fowler, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026 Zermelo was pleased that his list of principles, known as ZF, appeared to cleanse the set-theoretic universe of many major paradoxes such as Russell’s. — Quanta Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026 Qualitative research enables researchers to deeply explore the tensions, ambiguities and paradoxes that characterize everyday life. — Ankolika De, The Conversation, 19 May 2026 Reflecting on these piercing paradoxes, Dusabejambo’s narrative (co-written with Delphine Agut) cannot but be shaped by them; there are no simple resolutions for a reality defined by ruptures and ragged edges. — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 26 May 2026 Sometimes the irony turns bitter and, with a typically Eastern European sensibility, highlights the paradoxes of institutions, as well as the madness and meanness born from the pursuit and preservation of power. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 8 June 2026 While Goodman’s paradoxes and fantasies posed challenges to me as her biographer, with the advent of AI slop and ChatGPT, our courtship with illusion (and possibly delusion) is here to stay. — Literary Hub, 13 May 2026 Housed in remote data centers whose energy-intensive maintenance perpetuates the changing environmental conditions that threaten Tuvalu’s existence, the attempt to redeposit territory digitally drives home the paradoxes, and costs, of storage. — Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paradoxes
  1. contradictions
  2. mysteries
  3. incongruities
  4. enigmas
  5. dichotomies
Noun
  • There have been confusion and contradictions in the lead up to the visit over accommodation arrangements for the Sussex family.
    — Max Foster, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • The film probes what many could describe as the contradictions of your career.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 6 July 2026
Definition of contradictions
Noun
  • Nonetheless, Simón stirs up the ineffable sadness that comes with wanting answers to the mysteries of your family — and then, like it or not, receiving them.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • Many aspects of the physics underlying GRBs remain enigmatic—but Rubin’s potential for discovering entirely new types of transients could soon offer astronomers a wealth of additional cosmic mysteries to solve.
    — Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 1 July 2026
Definition of mysteries
Noun
  • Petzold marvelled at the incongruities.
    — Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Ridge’s equal deftness at the high end and the low is one of many apparent incongruities that the winery has managed to balance comfortably.
    — Senior Wine Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2026
Definition of incongruities
Noun
  • In 2024, now grown and with her adoptive father’s approval, the young woman sets off with a wealthy merchant to piece together the historical enigmas surrounding the ancient Sumpa kingdom.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 June 2026
  • Bob Gray is one of the big enigmas in the book that are intentionally put there to create tension and are never solved.
    — Scott Huver, Deadline, 26 Apr. 2026
Definition of enigmas
Noun
  • The thing about anamorphic that’s so interesting to me is the relationship within the frame, especially with multiple characters or two characters, showing these parallels and dichotomies.
    — Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
  • My ugliness sat in the middle of the organizing dichotomies on which society rests…threatening its collapse.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
Definition of dichotomies

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