paradoxical
adj/ˌpæɹəˈdɒksɪkəl/UK/ˌpɛɹəˈdɑːksɪkəl/US
Etymology
From paradox + -ical.
Definitions
Having self-contradictory properties.
- It is the ambiguity of language only which can make this proposition appear either doubtful or paradoxical. When properly explained and understood, it is almost self-evident.
- It sounds paradoxical, but I am inclined to think that the weakness and insanity of the curate warned me, braced me, and kept me a sane man.
The neighborhood
- antonymself-consistenthaving self-contradictory properties
- antonymself-evidenthaving self-contradictory properties
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for paradoxical. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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