A separation or division into two; a distinction that results in such a division.
Such a division involving apparently incompatible or opposite principles; a duality.
The division of a class into two disjoint subclasses that are together comprehensive, as the division of man into white and not white.
The division of a genus into two species; a division into two subordinate parts.
A phase of the moon when it appears half lit and half dark, as at the quadratures.
Division and subdivision; bifurcation, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; often successive.
An apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.u
A counterintuitive conclusion or outcome.s
A claim that two apparently contradictory ideas are true.t
A thing involving contradictory yet interrelated elements that exist simultaneously and persist over time.
A person or thing having properties.t
An unanswerable question or difficult puzzle, particularly one which leads to a deeper truth. s
A statement which is difficult to believe, or which goes against general belief.
The use of counterintuitive or contradictory statements (paradoxes) in speech or writing.
A state in which one is logically compelled to contradict oneself.
The practice of giving instructions that are opposed to the therapist's actual intent, with the intention that the client will disobey or be unable to obey.s
