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paradoxic

paradoxic is the alternative form of paradoxical.

Meaning of paradoxical

Adjective

paradoxical (comparative more paradoxical, superlative most paradoxical)

  1. Having self-contradictory properties.
    • It is the ambiguity of language only which can make this proposition appear either doubtful or paradoxical. When properly explained and understood, it is almost self-evident.1776, Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, book II, ch 2

Forms of paradoxic

comparativemore paradoxic
superlativemost paradoxic

Words formed from paradoxic

Questions about paradoxic

What is paradoxic the alternative form of?
Paradoxic is the alternative form of paradoxical.

Words near paradoxic in the dictionary

  1. paradoxes of fiction
  2. paradoxes of saving
  3. paradoxes of thrift
  4. paradoxes of tolerance
  5. paradoxial
  6. paradoxic
  7. paradoxical
  8. paradoxical embolism
  9. paradoxical embolisms
  10. paradoxical frog
  11. paradoxical frogs

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