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  3. List of paradoxes - Wikipedia

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    Paradox of toil: If everyone tries to work during times of recession, lower wages will reduce prices, leading to more deflationary expectations, leading to further thrift, reducing demand and thereby reducing employment. Paradox of value, also known as diamond-water paradox: Water is more useful than diamonds, yet is a lot cheaper.

  4. Category:Italian dictionaries - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Italian dictionaries" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D. Il Devoto–Oli;

  5. Untranslatability - Wikipedia

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    Untranslatability is the property of text or speech for which no equivalent can be found when translated into another (given) language. A text that is considered to be untranslatable is considered a lacuna, or lexical gap.

  6. Sad clown paradox - Wikipedia

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    Later work conducted by Kaufman and Kozbelt re-interpreted these results, drawing the understanding that whilst comedy serves as a coping mechanism to hide trauma, it may also motivate a comedian to use humour as a way of forming relations and gaining acceptance. [5] Humour has been shown to develop from a young age, fostered by parental ...

  7. Italian grammar - Wikipedia

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    Italian grammar is the body of rules describing the properties of the Italian language. Italian words can be divided into the following lexical categories : articles, nouns, adjectives, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.

  8. He’s the first Black American to compose a full opera. It’s ...

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    The earliest known, full-length opera composed by a Black American, “Morgiane,” will premiere this week in Washington, DC, Maryland and New York more than century after it was completed.

  9. Paradox (literature) - Wikipedia

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    In literature, the paradox is an anomalous juxtaposition of incongruous ideas for the sake of striking exposition or unexpected insight. It functions as a method of literary composition and analysis that involves examining apparently contradictory statements and drawing conclusions either to reconcile them or to explain their presence.