paradoxical undressing

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English

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Etymology

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paradoxical (self-contradictory) + undressing (removal of one's clothes)

Undressing during a state of hypothermia is paradoxical because clothes would be expected to decrease heat loss, which would increase the chances of survival.

Noun

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paradoxical undressing (uncountable)

  1. Removal of one's clothes while disoriented from hypothermia.