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oxymoron: conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')

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antinomy collapse: a contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable

Gordian knot collapse: an intricate knot tied by Gordius, the king of Phrygia, and cut by the sword of Alexander the Great after he heard that whoever undid it would become ruler of Asia; any very difficult problem; insoluble in its own terms

quandary collapse

paradox collapse: (logic) a statement that contradicts itself; "`I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false"

asymmetry collapse: (mathematics) a lack of symmetry

self-contradiction collapse: contradicting yourself

figure of speech collapse

node collapse: (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network; any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part; (astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane; (physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system; any thickened enlargement; a connecting point at which several lines come together

irony collapse: incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"; a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs

dilemma collapse: state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options

malapropism collapse: the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar

ambivalence collapse: mixed feelings or emotions

disproportion collapse: lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something

ambiguity collapse: unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning; an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context

hopelessness collapse: the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success

heresy collapse: a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion

simile collapse: a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')

incompatibility collapse: the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination; the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time; (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue)

poser collapse: a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem

enigma collapse

unorthodoxy collapse: the quality of being unorthodox; any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position

incongruity collapse: the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate

teaser collapse: a device for teasing wool; "a teaser is used to disentangle the fibers"; an attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show; an advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest; a worker who teases wool

equivocation collapse: falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language; intentionally vague or ambiguous

perplexity collapse: trouble or confusion resulting from complexity

nonplus collapse

crux collapse: the most important point

metaphor collapse: a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

inconsistency collapse: the quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts

puzzle collapse: a toy that tests your ingenuity; a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution; "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that's a real puzzler"; be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide; "We puzzled over her sudden departure"

absurdity collapse: a ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior"; a message whose content is at variance with reason

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