paradox

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PAR'ADOX, noun [Gr. beyond, and opinion; to or suppose.] A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion, or seemingly absurd, yet true in fact. A gloss there is to color that paradox and make it appear in show not to be altogether unreasonable.
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