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noun, feminine

paradoja

/paɾaˈdoxa/

noun, feminine/paɾaˈdoxa/plural: paradojas

paradox

Related: paradoja de Fermi, paradoja francesa, paradojal, paradójico

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin paradoxon, from Ancient Greek παράδοξον (parádoxon). Feminine gender probably based on misinterpretation of the plural paradoxa, occurring in the title of a treatise of Cicero.