grandfather paradox en · NOUN
Etymology
From the paradox proposed by the French author René Barjavel in 1944 in his book Le Voyageur Imprudent, translated into English as Future Times Three; in its original form the paradox of one person going back to the past and killing their grandfather before the latter fathered the traveler's father, thus preventing the time traveler from ever being conceived in the first place.
Meanings
- The paradox of time travel in which inconsistencies emerge through changing the past.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| grandfather paradoxes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (9)
de Großvater-Paradoxon (type of paradox) · pl paradoks dziadka (type of paradox) · mn өвөөгийн парадокс (type of paradox) · fi isoisäparadoksi (type of paradox) · ru парадо́кс уби́того де́душки (type of paradox) · ja 祖父殺しのパラドックス (type of paradox) · de Großvaterparadoxon (type of paradox) · cmn 祖父悖論 /祖父悖论 (type of paradox) · mn алагдсан өвөөгийн парадокс (type of paradox)