paradoxical
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معنی فارسی
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معنی کامل و مثالها
/par´ǝ daks´i kǝl/adj.
● متناقض، دارای تضاد یا تناقض، ناسازه وار، معمایی
● علاقمند به معما گویی، اهل مغالطه، ناسازه گر
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Latin 'paradoxum', from Greek 'paradoxon' meaning 'contrary to expectation'.
مثال
- It may seem paradoxical to say that the defeat was also a victory.
- The paradoxical effect of the drug is that it can both stimulate and depress the nervous system.
- His paintings are paradoxical, for they are both simple and complex.
ترکیبهای رایج
paradoxical effect paradoxical situation paradoxical result
تعریف انگلیسی
adjective
- seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true “it is paradoxical that standing is more tiring than walking”
مترادفها
adjective
Absurd (to appearance, yet conformable to fact), incredible, puzzling, inconceivable, contradictory.