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Another word for irrationality

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Noun

  1. The absence of reason

    See also:

    reason

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Another word for irrationality

Noun

  1. Irrationality

    See also:

    inconsistency

  2. Senselessness

      1. The state of being an idiot
      2. A foolish or stupid utterance or deed.
      3. Behavior like that of an idiot; great foolishness or stupidity
      1. (Law) Any form or degree of mental derangement or unsoundness of mind, permanent or temporary, that makes a person incapable of what is regarded legally as normal, rational conduct or judgment
      2. Incapacity to form the criminal intent necessary for legal responsibility, as when a mental disorder prevents a person from knowing the difference between right and wrong.
      3. Incapacity because of a mental disorder to participate adequately as a defendant in criminal proceedings or to understand the imposition of a criminal punishment, particularly the death penalty.
      1. (Countable) An unreasonable act
      2. (Uncountable) The state of being unreasonable
    See also:

    stupidity

    nonsense

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Sentence Examples

  • This property is referred to as the "irrationality of dispersion."

  • Moreover the greater depths of the curves (or "curvature powers") in itself neutralize more or less the advantages obtained from the reduced irrationality of dispersion.

  • The general test of irrationality which he established is that, if a l a, a, be an interminate continued fraction, a l, a2,

  • The great abstract ideas (considered directly and not merely in tacit use) which have dominated the science were due to them - namely, ratio, irrationality, continuity, the point, the straight line, the plane.

  • In 1761 he proved the irrationality of 7r; a simpler proof was given somewhat later by Legendre.

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