the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A paradoxical statement; a paradox.
n. The quality or state of being paradoxical.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The state of being paradoxical.
Word Usage
"Freud's study of the antithetical sense of “primal words” as well as his contributions to the theory of word-play have given new dimensions to paradoxy, important in literature as well as in psychological method."