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contraspective

contraspective adjective: having two contradictory aspects, as in a paradox or oxymoron.

Adjective

contraspective (comparative more contraspective, superlative most contraspective)

  1. Having two contradictory aspects, as in a paradox or oxymoron.
    • Insofar as Intuitions 1 and 3 capture the essence of idealism and realism, respectively, those doctrines are contraspective.2013, Ben Irvine, “The paradoxicality of consciousness: a sketch of a theory”, in Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, volume 25, number 3
    • If this does not pass, he thinks, he will take himself to the doctor, or her to the veterinary – one of them will discover the truth, the contraspective madness.2014, Sarah Hall, Mrs Fox

Forms of contraspective

comparativemore contraspective
superlativemost contraspective

Questions about contraspective

What does contraspective mean?
Contraspective means having two contradictory aspects, as in a paradox or oxymoron.
What part of speech is contraspective?
Contraspective is an adjective.

Words near contraspective in the dictionary

  1. contraselections
  2. contrasexual
  3. contrasexuality
  4. contrasexually
  5. contrasexuals
  6. contraspective
  7. contrast
  8. contrast agent
  9. contrast agents
  10. contrast media
  11. contrast medium

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