An apparently self-contradictory statement that hides a rational meaning is called-

• An apparently self-contradictory statement that hides a rational meaning is called paradox.
• Example of paradox:
- The world will be saved by failure.
- Cowards die many times before their deaths.
- There is no one so poor as a wealthy miser.
- Sweet are the uses of adversity.
- The world will be saved by failure.
- Ignorance is strength.
- I must be cruel only to be kind.
Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman.