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paradoxical undressing

paradoxical undressing noun: removal of one's clothes while disoriented from hypothermia.

Noun

paradoxical undressing (uncountable)

  1. Removal of one's clothes while disoriented from hypothermia.

Origin of paradoxical undressing

paradoxical (“self-contradictory”) + undressing (“removal of one's clothes”). The paradox is that a layer of clothes would be expected to decrease heat loss.

Questions about paradoxical undressing

What does paradoxical undressing mean?
Paradoxical undressing means removal of one's clothes while disoriented from hypothermia.
What part of speech is paradoxical undressing?
Paradoxical undressing is a noun.

Words near paradoxical undressing in the dictionary

  1. paradoxical frogs
  2. paradoxical intention
  3. paradoxical rage reaction
  4. paradoxical rage reactions
  5. paradoxical sleep
  6. paradoxical undressing
  7. paradoxicalities
  8. paradoxicality
  9. paradoxically
  10. paradoxicalness
  11. paradoxician

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