See Also: paradoxical(dictionary)
paradoxical(medicine)
Embolism, paradoxical(health)
paradoxical sleep(medicine)
paradoxical respiration(medicine)
paradoxical reflex(medicine)
paradoxical pupil(medicine)
paradoxical pulse(medicine)
paradoxical incontinence(medicine)
Embolism, paradoxical(medicine)

paradoxical (iou)



paradoxical adjective. L16.
[from PARADOX noun + -ICAL.]
Of the nature of a paradox, exhibiting or involving paradox; esp. apparently inconsistent with itself or with reason, though in fact true. L16.
E. A. Freeman True, though it might sound paradoxical, to say that the Norman Conquest made England Saxon.
Fond of or given to paradox; characterized by paradox. E17.
P. Goodman In this paradoxical atmosphere..young persons grow up. It looks busy and expansive, but it is rationally at a stalemate.
Of a phenomenon, circumstance, etc.: exhibiting some contradiction with itself or with known laws, esp. laws of nature; deviating from the normal. M17.
b. Of sleep: characterized by increased physiological and mental activity (e.g. rapid eye movements and dreaming in humans) and normally alternating with longer periods of orthodox sleep. M20.
paradoxic adjective (rare) = PARADOXICAL M17.
,paradoxi'cality noun paradoxical character or quality E19.
paradoxically adverb in a paradoxical manner; in such a way or sense as to involve a paradox: L16.
paradoxicalness noun paradoxicality M17.