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irrational

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ir·ra·tion·al  (-rsh-nl)
adj.
1.
a. Not endowed with reason.
b. Affected by loss of usual or normal mental clarity; incoherent, as from shock.
c. Marked by a lack of accord with reason or sound judgment: an irrational dislike.
2.
a. Being a syllable in Greek and Latin prosody whose length does not fit the metric pattern.
b. Being a metric foot containing such a syllable.
3. Mathematics Of or relating to an irrational number.
n. Mathematics
An irrational number.

ir·ration·al·ly adv.
ir·ration·al·ness n.

irrational
Adjective
1. not based on logical reasoning
2. incapable of reasoning
3. Maths (of an equation or expression) involving radicals or fractional exponents
irrationality n
irrationally adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.irrational - a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number
real, real number - any rational or irrational number
transcendental number - an irrational number that is not algebraic
algebraic number - root of an algebraic equation with rational coefficients
Adj.1.irrational - not consistent with or using reason; "irrational fears"; "irrational animals"
incoherent - without logical or meaningful connection; "a turgid incoherent presentation"
illogical, unlogical - lacking in correct logical relation
unreasonable - not reasonable; not showing good judgment
rational - consistent with or based on or using reason; "rational behavior"; "a process of rational inference"; "rational thought"
2.irrational - real but not expressible as the quotient of two integers; "irrational numbers"
math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
rational - capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers; "rational numbers"

irrational
adjective 2. senseless, wild, crazy, unstable, insane, mindless, demented, aberrant, brainless, off the air Austral. (slang)
Translations
irrational [ɪˈræʃənl] adjirracional
irrational [ɪˈræʃənl] adjirrationnel(le); [person] → qui n'est pas rationnel
irrational [ɪˈræʃənl] adjirrational
irrational [ɪˈræʃənl] adjirrazionale; irragionevole; illogico/a


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If the irrational cannot be excluded, it should be outside the scope of the tragedy.
Alexey Alexandrovitch was standing face to face with life, with the possibility of his wife's loving someone other than himself, and this seemed to him very irrational and incomprehensible because it was life itself.
In being compelled to labor, not for himself, but for a master; in being vendible by one master to another master; and in being subject at all times to be restrained in his liberty and chastised in his body, by the capricious will of another -- the slave may appear to be degraded from the human rank, and classed with those irrational animals which fall under the legal denomination of property.
 
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