Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grelling-nelson paradox

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: grelling-nel-son -para-dox
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

Etymology

Formulated in 1908 by Kurt Grelling and Leonard Nelson.

Inflected Forms

the Grelling-Nelson paradox (canonical)

Phrases

barber paradox Russell's paradox

Frequently Paired Words

barber paradox Russell's paradox

Questions

What does grelling-nelson paradox mean?: 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.
Where does grelling-nelson paradox come from?: Formulated in 1908 by Kurt Grelling and Leonard Nelson.

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