Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gentle murder paradox

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables: gen-tle -mur-der -para-dox
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A paradox of deontic logic, whereby the plausible statements (i) if you murder, you ought to murder gently, (ii) you do commit murder, and (iii) to murder gently you must murder imply the less plausible statement (iv) you ought to murder.

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What does gentle murder paradox mean?: A paradox of deontic logic, whereby the plausible statements (i) if you murder, you ought to murder gently, (ii) you do commit murder, and (iii) to murder gently you must murder imply the less plausible statement (iv) you ought to murder.

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