English Explanatory Dictionary

paradoxical undressing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

paradoxical undressing

Etymology

paradoxical (“self-contradictory”) + undressing (“removal of one's clothes”). The paradox is that a layer of clothes would be expected to decrease heat loss.

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