paradoxography

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Etymology[edit]

paradox +‎ -o- +‎ -graphy. First use appears c. 1949, in the Oxford Classical Dictionary.

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Noun[edit]

paradoxography (uncountable)

  1. A type of classical literature dealing with the occurrence of abnormal or inexplicable phenomena of the natural or human world.

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