paradoxical nature
collocation in Englishmeaningsofparadoxicalandnature
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paradoxical
adjective
uk/ˌpær.əˈdɒk.sɪ.kəl/us/ˌper.əˈdɑːk.sɪ.kəl/
seeming impossible or difficult to understand because of containing two opposite facts ...
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nature
noun
uk/ˈneɪ.tʃər/us/ˈneɪ.tʃɚ/
all the animals, plants, rocks, etc. in the world and all the features, forces, and processes that happen or exist independently of people, such as the weather, the sea, mountains, the production of young animals or plants, ...
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At a more general level, a feature common to both historical and present-day labour migration by children seems to be itsparadoxicalnature.
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The present study has the considerable merit of recognizing theparadoxicalnatureof cerarnics as an artefact category.
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To sum up thus far, one can suggest that botekatse had aparadoxicalnature.
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Perhaps in this idea we can find a tool for dealing with theparadoxicalnatureof musical time described by so many writers.
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In my opinion, these changes evolved from theparadoxicalnatureof urnfield ideology.
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These rights are complicated by theparadoxicalnatureof wild life which, by definition, cannot belong or be owned without capturing or constraining it-whereupon it ceases to be wild.
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Instead, realizing the potentiallyparadoxicalnatureof trust helps to better craft supportive or corrective measures in a way that is more likely to achieve their trust-related goals.
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Woodward is particularly concerned with the degree of success associated with masking and theparadoxicalnatureof simultaneously drawing attention to signs of age through attempts to hide them.
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It adds to theparadoxicalnatureof the situation with which we are dealing.
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The authors note theparadoxicalnatureof cancer predisposition in individuals who seem to lack one of the required components for cancerous lesions.
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Great efforts are made to maintain theparadoxicalnatureof this gnosis.
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He describes a fascination with him growing out an old conviction in theparadoxicalnatureof his life, since learning of it in high school.
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A common theme in time travel film is theparadoxicalnatureof travelling through time.
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This tends to confirm that the original formulation of quantum mechanics is indeed correct, in spite of its apparentlyparadoxicalnature.
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Aristotle's detailed analysis of this problem involves his study of tragic literature and itsparadoxicalnatureto be shocking as well as having poetic value.
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