English-German translations for paradox

Paradoxdas
Das ist wirklich unglaublich paradox. An unbelievable paradox, indeed. Dieses Paradox beeinträchtigt die Demokratie selbst. It is a paradox that affects democracy itself. Das ist das ultimative europäische Paradoxon. This is the ultimate European paradox.
Paradoxondas
Das ist das ultimative europäische Paradoxon. This is the ultimate European paradox. Die Erhöhung der Preise für Visa ist damit ein trauriges Paradoxon. The increase in the price of visas is thus a painful paradox. Hier offenbart sich ein beschämendes Paradoxon. There is a shameful paradox here.

ParadoxieDiese Paradoxie wollte ich mit Ihnen teilen. This was the paradox that I wanted to share with you. Die größte Demokratie der Welt weist heute Paradoxien und Ungleichgewichte auf, die offensichtlich sehr leicht mit ihrer viele tausend Jahre langen Geschichte vereinbar sind. The largest democracy in the world today demonstrates paradoxes and asymmetries that have apparently slotted relatively easily into its many thousands of years of history.

An apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa
A counterintuitive conclusion or outcome
A claim that two apparently contradictory ideas are true
A thing involving contradictory yet interrelated elements that exist simultaneously and persist over time.Smith, W. K. and Lewis, M. W. . Toward a theory of paradox: A dynamic equilibrium model of organizing. ''Academy of Management Review,'36, pp. 381-403 Zhang, Y., Waldman, D. A., Han, Y., and Li, X. . Paradoxical leader behaviors in people management: Antecedents and consequences. ''Academy of Management Journal,'58, pp. 538-566
An unanswerable question or difficult puzzle, particularly one which leads to a deeper truth
A statement which is difficult to believe, or which goes against general belief
The use of counterintuitive or contradictory statements in speech or writing
A state in which one is logically compelled to contradict oneself
The practice of giving instructions that are opposed to the therapist's actual intent, with the intention that the client will disobey or be unable to obey

"This sentence is false" is a paradox.
It is an interesting paradox that drinking a lot of water can often make you feel thirsty.
Not having a fashion is a fashion; thats a paradox.
He is a paradox; you would not expect him in that political party.

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