çelişkili görünen

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Definition of çelişkili görünen in Turkish English dictionary

paradoxical

Having self-contradictory properties

It was tightly fitted with a cap of the same substance, and bore engraved figurings of an evidently decorative and possibly symbolic nature - conventional designs which seemed to follow a peculiarly alien, paradoxical, and doubtfully describable system of geometry.

{a} inclined to contraieties, strange

{s} contradictory, illogical, negates itself

If something is paradoxical, it involves two facts or qualities which seem to contradict each other. Some sedatives produce the paradoxical effect of making the person more anxious + paradoxically para·doxi·cal·ly Paradoxically, the less you have to do the more you may resent the work that does come your way

Inclined to paradoxes, or to tenets or notions contrary to received opinions

seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true; "it is paradoxical that standing is more tiring than walking

seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true; "it is paradoxical that standing is more tiring than walking"

Of the nature of a paradox

Hyphenation

çe·liş·ki·li gö·rü·nen