paradoxnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈpær.ə.dɒks/us/ˈper.ə.dɑːks/C2 a situation or statement that seems impossible or is difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts or characteristics:
[ + that ] It's a curious paradox that drinking a lot of water can often make you feel thirsty.
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Logic and reason
- a priori
- cerebral
- clear head
- clearly
- coherent
- conceptual
- inductive
- intellectual
- intellectualize
- lateral thinking
- logic
- positivism
- positivist
- premise
- QED
- rational
- reasoning
- solipsism
- sophism
- sophistry
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Difficult to understand
paradoxical
adjective uk/ˌpær.əˈdɒk.sɪ.kəl/us/ˌper.əˈdɑːk.sɪ.kəl/
C2
It seems paradoxical to me, but if you drink a cup of hot tea it seems to cool you down.
paradoxically
adverb uk/ˌpær.əˈdɒk.sɪ.kəl.i/us/ˌper.əˈdɑːk.sɪ.kəl.i/
The big thing in video equipment is, paradoxically, sound.