Explore Paradoxical through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like inexplicable or incomprehensible. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Paradoxical meaning
Having self-contradictory properties.
Synonyms of Paradoxical
Using Paradoxical
- The main meaning on this page is: Having self-contradictory properties.
- Useful related words include: self-contradictory, inexplicable, incomprehensible.
- In the example corpus, paradoxical often appears in combinations such as: the paradoxical, is paradoxical, paradoxical and.
Context around Paradoxical
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 6 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Paradoxical
- In this selection, "paradoxical" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, seems, yet, appears, route, clash and body stand out and add context to how "paradoxical" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a paradoxical development in and again the paradoxical clash is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "paradoxical" sits close to words such as aac, abbotsford and abdication, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with paradoxical
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This is very paradoxical. (4 words)
Their response is “revealing, yet paradoxical,” Furtado said. (8 words)
This seems paradoxical at first, but the explanation is quite simple. (11 words)
To the Government’s critics, the housing crisis appears paradoxical when set against booming public finances, with the state’s coffers buoyed each year by billions of euro in tax receipts from multinational giants who have set up bases in Ireland. (41 words)
It may seem paradoxical and draconian, but for liberal principles to survive, there will have to be increasingly laws to micro-manage what the public is permitted to do and indeed what they are permitted to say and write publicly. (40 words)
Before the outbreak of the deadly virus, Wiles demonstrated the unique and paradoxical ability of being an anti-Semitic political contortionist, blaming “the Jews” for controlling both the political right and the political left. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
For Labor’s managers, however, the paradoxical route to truth is to remain ignorant and fear dissent.
Once again, the paradoxical clash is a theme with Springs, and she holds a romantic interest in Athena.
Over the years, I invited her to visit the reservoir with me, to float on this paradoxical body of water and look down into its depths.
Paradoxical adipose hyperplasia is a rare, previously unreported adverse effect of cryolipolysis.
Some of his poems are quite finished in style, but many would find that there is often that paradoxical mix of roughness and beauty that is characteristic of Mallia.
This seems paradoxical at first, but the explanation is quite simple.
Competing goals are often paradoxical and can be for stakeholders in family businesses.
Despite gas prices and inflation being lower than a year ago, other factors like high interest rates, which impact credit card payments, are contributing to a paradoxical economic landscape.
Their response is “revealing, yet paradoxical,” Furtado said.
They find it paradoxical that a government accused of electoral misconduct would be tasked with enforcing reforms aimed at ensuring fairness in future elections.
To the Government’s critics, the housing crisis appears paradoxical when set against booming public finances, with the state’s coffers buoyed each year by billions of euro in tax receipts from multinational giants who have set up bases in Ireland.
And so it would be quaintly paradoxical if it turned out the key to generating our Olympic legacy was to trap us in our own homes with no sport to watch.
Before the outbreak of the deadly virus, Wiles demonstrated the unique and paradoxical ability of being an anti-Semitic political contortionist, blaming “the Jews” for controlling both the political right and the political left.
However, when free movement collided with the Dublin Regulation in 2015, we saw member states struggle to make sense of the paradoxical division of competences.
It is paradoxical that the Xi-Modi consensus did not prevent Chinese and Indian troops from seeking to disrupt peace and alter the LAC itself in May-June 2020.
It may seem paradoxical and draconian, but for liberal principles to survive, there will have to be increasingly laws to micro-manage what the public is permitted to do and indeed what they are permitted to say and write publicly.
This is very paradoxical.
Yet many are finding paradoxical what was likely intended as innocuous, with politicians and among those piling on social media to blast the oil company for insensitivity.
An all-round performance such as he produced on Sunday, particularly in the second half, is a paradoxical kind of excellence.
A paradoxical development in the U.S. of late has been its reduced CO footprint.
Common combinations with paradoxical
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the paradoxical 20×
- is paradoxical 11×
- paradoxical and 5×
- paradoxical that 4×
- seems paradoxical 3×
- and paradoxical 3×
- as paradoxical 3×
- paradoxical nature 3×
- paradoxical way 3×
- paradoxical effects 3×