paradoxical undressing
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English
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Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]paradoxical undressing (uncountable)
- Removal of one's clothes while disoriented from hypothermia.