paradoxical
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7.5
- adjective
- /ˌpærəˈdɑksɪkəl/
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paradójico
- Her decision to stay in the city during the storm was paradoxical, given the dangers involved.
- paradoxical nature
- paradoxical situation
- paradoxical effect
And here Hegel's going to lead us to a paradoxical conclusion.
- And here Hegel's going to lead us to a paradoxical conclusion.
- But change as a concept is a bit more paradoxical than it may seem at first.
- So we have, we have a very, very paradoxical sort of situation.
- I had these sort of these paradoxical viewpoints.
- So on that paradoxical thought, how do you spot a fake guru?
- So I I think that's a success, even if it's paradoxical.
- To go to your question, Joe, in a very real, it's a paradoxical answer, I think.
- And so they have the paradoxical effect of actually improving things in smaller doses.
- that that's the paradoxical conflict that we all live in. Someone has mistreated us.
- There's this seemingly paradoxical thing of people going into hot saunas and wearing wool caps.
- And so when you read the Dao, Lao Tzu's great tome on eternal wisdom, so much of it is paradoxical.
Examples
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It's paradoxical, and yet, it works.
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Shall we take a look at some paradoxical architecture?
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But change as a concept is a bit more paradoxical than it may seem at first.
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We live in a paradoxical world.
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Indeed, it may seem paradoxical, but...
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Performance of another living person's story is a humbling and paradoxical experience.
Academic text (2017) -
The worldwide economic depression of the 1930s had paradoxical implications for Mexico.
Academic text (1993) -
The transition in El Salvador led to a paradoxical situation for civil society.
Academic text (1999) -
Eagles are among the most majestic and paradoxical birds on earth.
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Well, the story that unfolds is a pretty awful one, but paradoxically, it begins with good intentions.
Synonyms
3
7.0
An idea that does not agree with another idea
2
8.1
Showing two opposite ideas in one word or phrase
A statement that directly opposes another so they cannot both be true
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How Paradoxical
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Etymology
Paradoxical comes from Greek parts para- meaning 'against' and doxa meaning 'opinion'. You can see the same root in orthodox ('right opinion'), so something paradoxical goes 'against opinion' or common sense and may seem impossible or self-contradictory but can still be true.