English Explanatory Dictionary

Grelling-Nelson paradox

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A semantic paradox of self-reference, where, supposing that "autological" means "self-describing" and "heterological" means "not self-describing", then "heterological" itself cannot be meaningfully classified as either of the two.

Word forms

Grelling-Nelson paradox the Grelling-Nelson paradox

Etymology

Formulated in 1908 by Kurt Grelling and Leonard Nelson.

Related words

barber paradox Russell's paradox
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