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The word "sensatez" is a noun that can be translated as the "a characteristic of a person who has sense".
Some synonyms I found are prudence, reason, reflexion(ponder), logic, good judgment,sanity, wisdom, although I guess the person acting with "sensatez" would have more than one of the synonyms I just mentioned
If I had to use it I would say:
"la sensatez de su discurso es sorprendente!" (the "sensatez" of her/his discourse is surprising)
Si actuas con sensatez, seria lógico que todo te salgan bien" (if you act with "sensatez", it'd be logical that everything will end up all right)
My best guess would be "self-evident" (not needing to be demonstrated or explained is the definition given) as opposed to the definition of paradox: (a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory)
self-evident (or possibly "logical") would seem to be the two most direct answers that I can think of, but it's fun to see what others are coming up with.
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My big Random House says that paradox is a seemingly self-contradictory statement that reveals a possible truth. Maybe I'll go consult the Buddha: facts are true or false, arguments are valid or invalid. And the thing we call 'truth' is sometimes obvious, sometimes not. (Let's not mention this to Rush Limbaugh.)
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I think that to really answer this question, one must first consider what the opposite of a paradox IS before one can find a word for it.
If one considers a paradox to be a seeming contradiction that represents a deeper truth, then what is it's opposite?
A seeming contradiction that is, as it seems on the surface, represents a true contradiction?
A seeming non-contradiction that represent a truth?
A seeming non-contradiction that represents a falsity?
I would suspect that there is actually NO opposite of a paradox.
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