paradoxical situation

collocation in English

meaningsofparadoxicalandsituation

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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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situation
noun[C]
uk
/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/
the set of things that are happening and the conditions that exist at a particular time ...
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(Definition ofparadoxicalandsituationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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On the other hand, with some children remaining single in order to support their parents, an ambiguous or evenparadoxicalsituationwas created.
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In mathematical biology we have a quiteparadoxicalsituation, due perhaps to the slower development of the subject matter.
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Thus, to ensure that redistribution is promoted through generous expenditure policies, social democratic parties in highly co-ordinated environments find themselves in aparadoxicalsituation.
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However, we cannot continue in theparadoxicalsituationthat the most widely available psychotherapies in clinical practice are actually the least researched.
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It was thisparadoxicalsituation, of being both extraordinarily powerful and highly vulnerable, that gave non-violent resistance its power.
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The levels of trust in public institutions and sense of political efficacy indicate a ratherparadoxicalsituation.
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These examples illustrate theparadoxicalsituationof many old people.
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There are several possible solutions to thisparadoxicalsituation.
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Conventional wisdom is questioned and it is shown that social democratic governments in corporatist environments find themselves in aparadoxicalsituation.
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Without it we would have the followingparadoxicalsituation.
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Her thesis does seem to explain aparadoxicalsituation, in which generally received opinion deplores cliches, yet the generality of the public goes on wanting more of them.
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This created the highlyparadoxicalsituationof a "public" anatomy lesson for the improvement of the nation, which was most strongly contested by the general public.
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So we have an almostparadoxicalsituation.
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First, it is one of the guarantors; perhaps at this moment that is a ratherparadoxicalsituation.
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I would also like to consider theparadoxicalsituationwe have with regard to emergency aid.
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That seems to me a highlyparadoxicalsituation.
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What aparadoxicalsituationwe have at present.
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That is theparadoxicalsituationwhich can be found.
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That is a most staggering figure and theparadoxicalsituationis that although people are more secure materially they appear less secure in themselves.
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We find ourselves in a ratherparadoxicalsituation.
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