逆説|ぎゃくせつgyakusetsu[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. nounparadox
    「急いそげば急いそぐほど遅おそくなる」は逆説ぎゃくせつである。↗
    More haste, less speed is a paradox.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymパラドックスNeutralLoanword with the same sense as 「逆説」; leans academic or colloquial and sounds more Western than the native word.
  • Synonym逆理WrittenWritten/formal term for a theory that defies common sense; rarer than 「逆説」 and stressing logical paradox.

Use 「逆説」 for a statement that seems contradictory yet is actually sound, as in 「逆説的に言えば」. For a more Western or academic feel say 「パラドックス」; in formal prose 「逆理」 stresses defiance of logic.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 一見いっけん、間違まちがいや矛盾むじゅんに思おもえるが、実じつは正ただしさや合理性ごうりせいのある説せつ・表現ひょうげん。「負まけるが勝かち」や悪人あくにん正機しょうき説せつなどの類たぐい。
  2. 前提ぜんていと推論すいろんが正ただしく、または正ただしいように思おもえるのに、間違まちがいや矛盾むじゅんのある結論けつろんが導みちびかれること。「アキレスと亀かめ」などの類たぐい。
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