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paradox  

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  • A contradiction that follows correct deduction from consistent premises. Paradoxes are of three types: logico-mathematical antinomies, paradoxical definitions (semantical antinomies), and pragmatic paradoxes (paradoxical injunctions and paradoxical predictions). [Source: The Dictionary of Family Psychology and Family Therapy; paradox]

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