illogicality

Examples

• All

• The speech of the concentration camp guard is actually a terrible illogicality, no matter what its content is; unless, of course, it condemns the speaker's own duties (17, p. 172).

  Academic text (1998)

• The same defect of illogicality affects the phrase "arguably at any time" because once the agree-on-a-rules-change rule has actually been adopted, Congress is stuck with it.

  Blog text (4)

• And so on into the distance of illogicality goes even a scintilla of "evidence" for any story.

  Blog text (19)

• It was founded on illogicality.

  Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story (2019)

• This rule can lead to some apparent illogicalities: "winter" is allowed, but "April" is not.

  Blog text (3)

• If we can just get the laws of thought straight, then we can get rid of illogicalities and, and make our thinking more precise, better, more accurate.

  Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

• All of these reactions might only be the subject of an interesting study of illogicality, except that the claim that rapists are not sexually motivated has such serious consequences.

  Academic text (2003)

• While airborne toxins can be lethal, they are not visible to the human eye—and neither is the emotion and illogicality wrought by the scene of a young girl falling on a subway car.

  Academic text (2013)

• The committee rejected the proposal because it was based on clear illogicality.

• Many people fail to recognize the illogicality of believing two contradictory statements at the same time.

Synonyms

A

absurdity

vsillogicality

54 6.1

Something very silly that goes against common sense

is less emotive, focusing on lack of sound reasoning without mockery

I

irrationality

vsillogicality

12 6.2

A lack of clear, logical thinking

is more about formal incorrect reasoning than broad lack of reason

I

incoherence

vsillogicality

5 7.3

Speech or writing that is unclear and hard to follow

is about wrong reasoning itself rather than unclear expression

I

illogic

vsillogicality

4 8.0

A way of thinking that does not follow clear reasons

is the same meaning but uses a different standard noun form

I

invalidity

vsillogicality

• Specialized

1 7.0

A state where an argument is not logical and the conclusion does not follow

is broader, naming the general lack of logic rather than only arguments

U

unreason

vsillogicality

1 9.9

A state of not thinking clearly or logically

is similar but emphasizes incorrectness in reasoning rather than mere lack

U

unsoundness

vsillogicality

• Formal

1 8.6

A wrong idea or reason that is not logical

focuses more on the general absence of logical reasoning rather than flaw source

I

incoherency

vsillogicality

1 7.5

A lack of clear, organized speech or writing that makes it hard to follow

refers instead to incorrect reasoning quality, not just unclear presentation

I

illogicalness

vsillogicality

8.1

A quality of an idea or argument that has no clear, sensible reasons

is the same idea but prefers a different conventional noun ending

I

invalidness

vsillogicality

• Specialized

9.5

A state of not being legally or logically accepted

is the wider quality of lacking logic beyond formal inference

I

inconsequence

vsillogicality

9.8

A fault in thinking where ideas do not follow

covers that lack but also other forms of unsound reasoning

A

absurdness

vsillogicality

7.3

A situation that is very strange and does not make sense

is more neutral, naming lack of logic without the strong ridicule

Antonyms

L

logic

375 3.8

A set of reasons that explains why something was done or said

R

rationality

34 5.4

Clear thinking and decisions based on facts and logic

L

logicality

• Specialized

7.5

How clear and correct a person's thinking or argument is

How Logical

soundness

4 4.9

illogicality

7.8

inconsistency

30 4.8

fallacy

94 7.2

nonsense

578 2.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology