Many paradoxes are paradoxical only because they sound strange.
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Paradoxical
/ˌpæɹəˈdɒksɪkəl/
Synonyms for "paradoxical" (71 found)
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Adjective(7 words)
Noun(1 words)
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incomprehensibleinconceivableincongruousinconsequentinconsistentinconsonantironicirreconcilablelogically impossiblemysteriousnot possibleout of proportionout of the questionoxymoronicperplexingpreposterousproblematicprohibitedpuzzlingridiculous
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Adjective(9 words)
inconsistentinconsistent specificationsperversepuzzlingself-contradictoryseriocomicsurprisingsurrealisticunexpected
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Noun(1 words)
reasoning puzzle
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The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent.
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The new formula in physics describes humans as paradoxical beings who have two complementary aspects. They can show properties of Newtonian objects and also infinite fields of consciousness.
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To truth only a brief celebration of victory is allowed between the two long periods during which it is condemned as paradoxical, or disparaged as trivial.
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