KOAN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A paradoxical anecdote or a riddle that has no solution; used in Zen Buddhism to show the inadequacy of logical reasoning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("koan" is a kind of...):

problem (a question raised for consideration or solution)

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