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paradoxical adjective [ ˌparəˈdɒksɪk(ə)l ]

• seemingly absurd or self-contradictory.
• "by glorifying the acts of violence they achieve the paradoxical effect of making them trivial"
Similar: contradictory, self-contradictory, inconsistent, incongruous, anomalous, conflicting, improbable, impossible, odd, illogical, confusing, absurd, puzzling, baffling, bewildering, incomprehensible, inexplicable, oxymoronic,


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