seeming impossible or difficult to understand because of containing two opposite facts or characteristics: It seems paradoxical to me, but if you drink a cup of hot tea it seems to cool you down. I was in a very difficult and paradoxical situation. See. paradox. Fewer examples. More @Wikipedia
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