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Definition:
An apparently sound argument leading to a contradiction. Some famous examples are Russell's paradox and the liar paradox. Most paradoxes stem from some kind of self-reference. {Smarandache Linguistic Paradox (http://gallup.unm.edu/~smarandache/Paradox.htm.