"paradox" is an overloaded term. Jevons paradox is a veridical paradox, which, as you said, means that it's a true statement that merely looks wrong because it

"paradox" is an overloaded term. Jevons paradox is a veridical paradox, which, as you said, means that it's a true statement that merely looks wrong because it is counterintuitive. I know that some people think that the word "paradox" should be only used to refer to antinomy paradoxes which are often called "true paradoxes" (such as "this sentence is false") which lead to a contradiction without requiring a flaw in reasoning.