paradox
PAIR-uh-doksnounMeaning a statement that seems to contradict itself but may be true
Memory hook PAIR-A-DUCKS. A pair of wise ducks quack, “The more you learn, the less you know!” It sounds impossible but may be true: a paradox.
“The more you learn, the less you know” is a famous paradox.
In context It is a paradox of travel that the longest trips can feel the shortest: when every day is new and full, the weeks fly by.
Similar contradiction, seeming contradiction, inconsistency
From Greek paradoxon, “contrary to expectation”: para (against) + doxa (opinion).