Latvian

Noun

paradokss m (1st declension)

1. 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)

   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

Declension

Derived terms

• paradoksāls, paradoksālums, paradoksalitāte