paradoxical intention

Save This Word!

noun

(in psychotherapy) the deliberate practice of a neurotic habit or thought, undertaken in order to remove it

QUIZ

ARE YOU A TRUE BLUE CHAMPION OF THESE "BLUE" SYNONYMS?

We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms.

Question 1 of 8

Which of the following words describes “sky blue”?

navy

beryl

azure

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Meet Grammar Coach

Write or paste your essay, email, or story into Grammar Coach and get grammar help

Improve Your Writing

Meet Grammar CoachImprove Your Writing

Words nearby paradoxical intention

paradox, paradoxical, paradoxical contraction, paradoxical diaphragm phenomenon, paradoxical embolism, paradoxical intention, paradoxically, paradoxical pulse, paradoxical reflex, paradoxical respiration, paradoxical sleep

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

How to use paradoxical intention in a sentence

The two major complaints minority communities have against the police seem at first glance paradoxical.
Ground Zero of the NYPD Slowdown|Batya Ungar-Sargon|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
My intention is to make it with the same approach as Anchorman 2.
Inside Sony’s ‘Pineapple Express 2 Drama’: Leaked Emails Reveal Fight Over Stoner Comedy Sequel|William Boot|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One morning at about eleven, he announces his intention as though it's truly an unusual thought: “Let's have a little drink.”
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“The intention is to create a 21st century auction house,” Gilkes says.
William, Kate, and Jay Z’s Favorite Art Star: Alexander Gilkes' World of Rock Stars and Royalty|Tim Teeman|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“Hollywood dilutes material to a level I have no interest in, or intention following,” Wiseman says firmly.
Inside The Secret World of London’s National Gallery|Tim Teeman|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The two women had no intention of bathing; they had just strolled down to the beach for a walk and to be alone and near the water.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
There is more of artfulness in the flatteries which appear to involve a calculating intention to say the nice agreeable thing.
Children's Ways|James Sully
However this be, it is hard to say that these fibs have that clear intention to deceive which constitutes a complete lie.
Children's Ways|James Sully
It was never the intention of the Federal Reserve Act that member banks should continue the maintenance of these reserve accounts.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
Was she merely an egoist—it ran in the family—or did it conceal much that she had no intention of revealing?
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton