Meaning of paradokss | Babel Free
[paɾadoks]Definitions
paradox (a contradiction between statements assumed to be simultaneously true; a contradiction to something known or believed to be true, to something that is usually the case)
declension-1, masculine
Equivalents
Examples
“kāds nepielūdzams paradokss: no tā, kas daudz dara, prasa arvien vairāk un vairāk”
what implacable paradox: from he who does a lot one asks always more and more
“un nu slimajam jāmierina veselais!... nežēlīgs paradokss”
and now the sick must satisfy the healthy!... a cruel paradox
“paradokss ir pārsteidzošs divu spriedumu savienojums, kurā no formāli loģiskā viedokļa viens spriedums otru izslēdz, taču reāli abi ir vienlīdz iespējami”
a paradox is a surprising union of two judgments in which, from a formally logical viewpoint, one judgment excludes the other, but in reality both are equally possible
“asociatīvā dzeja ar savu spēju dialektiski apvienot un izskaidrot pretrunas, paradoksus ir sarežģītāka, tā prasa no lasītāja piepūli lasīt un domāt, salīdzināt un saprast”
associative poetry with its ability to unify and explain contradictions (and) paradoxes dialectically is more complex, it requires from the reader an effort to read and think, to compare and understand
CEFR level
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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