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unparadox

unparadox verb: to resolve (a paradox); to make no longer paradoxical.

Verb

unparadox (third-person singular simple present unparadoxes, present participle unparadoxing, simple past and past participle unparadoxed)

  1. (rare, transitive) To resolve (a paradox); to make no longer paradoxical.
    • […] unparadoxing the paradox of liberty and justice by means of the law.1937, Nebraska State Bar Association, Proceedings (volume 28, page 372)
    • […] whereby the reader is invited to "unparadox" what are only apparent contradictions and discover the quite nonparadoxical and noncontradictory truth the paradox conceals.1989, Michael McCanles, The Text of Sidney's Arcadian World, page 100

Forms of unparadox

third-person singular presentunparadoxes
present participleunparadoxing
past participleunparadoxed
pastunparadoxed

Origin of unparadox

From un- + paradox.

Questions about unparadox

What does unparadox mean?
Unparadox means to resolve (a paradox); to make no longer paradoxical.
What part of speech is unparadox?
Unparadox is a verb.
What is the past tense of unparadox?
The past tense of unparadox is unparadoxed.

Words near unparadox in the dictionary

  1. unparaded
  2. unparadise
  3. unparadised
  4. unparadises
  5. unparadising
  6. unparadox
  7. unparadoxed
  8. unparadoxes
  9. unparadoxical
  10. unparadoxically
  11. unparadoxing

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