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The definition of paradoxical is full of contradictions.

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An example of a paradoxical phrase is the phrase "pain for pleasure" because it contains two opposing ideas.

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See paradoxical in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

of, having the nature of, or expressing a paradox or paradoxes
fond of using paradoxes
seemingly full of contradictions

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paradoxically adverb
paradoxicalness noun

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