Counterintuitive
Counterintuitive adjective - Contrary to what common sense would suggest.
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Contradictory and counterintuitive are semantically related. in contrary to common sense topic. In some cases you can use "Contradictory" instead an adjective "Counterintuitive".
Contradictory
Contradictory adjective - Being as different as possible.
Counterintuitive and contradictory are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Counterintuitive" with "Contradictory", this adjectives are similar.
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