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paradoxical
[ par-uh-dok-si-kuhl ]
adjective
- having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
- Medicine/Medical. not being the normal or usual kind:
Stimulants are a paradoxical, albeit effective, medication used for certain forms of hyperactivity.
Other Words From
- par·a·dox·i·cal·ly adverb
- par·a·dox·i·cal·i·ty [par-, uh, -dok-si-, kal, -i-tee], par·a·dox·i·cal·ness noun
- non·par·a·dox·i·cal adjective
- non·par·a·dox·i·cal·ness noun
- ul·tra·par·a·dox·i·cal adjective
- un·par·a·dox·al adjective
- un·par·a·dox·i·cal adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of paradoxical1
Example Sentences
Assigning more lawyers to a problem can cause a paradoxical decrease in the accuracy of the outcome.
"So it’s almost paradoxical that these are utilitarian goods," Josh Clarkson, a professor of marketing at the University of Cincinnati, told The Washington Post.
That seems to be what life is about, it's a big paradoxical thing.
But those themes do not satisfy certain paradoxical values that also make up the conservative mindset: a rather irreligious appetite for worldly possessions, and the desire for a pseudo-empirical justification for greed.
It’s a little paradoxical, but we invented by trying as much as we could to maintain the spirit of truth.
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