irrational

Examples

• All

• Now I have like an irrational fear of financial news.

• But anyone can have irrational beliefs and fake science.

• Those kind of really irrational feelings come to surface at that point.

• Business travel often leads to irrational behaviour.

  The Kate Logan Affair (2010)

• I knew that it was irrational and crazy to blame myself, but I did.

  Fiction book (1995)

• I once had a client who had irrational fear of heights.

  Remember Me (2022)

• So there is something, I would say, wildly irrational about the whole system.

• Human aspirations are so ludicrous and irrational.

  Melinda and Melinda (2004)

• As Benoit heard the keys disappear down the hall, an irrational fear overtook him.

  Fiction book (1990)

• My friend has an irrational fear of spiders that prevents him from going outside.

Synonyms

P

preposterous

vsirrational

72 7.3

Very silly and unreasonable so it seems laughable

denotes lack of logical support without necessarily being ridiculous

I

illogical

vsirrational

43 4.8

Does not make sense or follow clear reasons

focuses on the absence of logical explanation rather than mere nonsensical form

U

unreasoning

vsirrational

2 7.5

Not based on reason or careful thought and often comes from strong feelings

is a broader lack of logical justification applying to ideas and actions

A

alogical

vsirrational

9.9

Not following clear or sensible reasoning

is about lacking justification in everyday thinking rather than formal logic

Antonyms

R

rational

382 3.8

Based on clear thinking and facts rather than emotion

L

logical

100 3.9

Able to think clearly and make good choices

Compounds

I

irrational number

• Specialized

1 5.6

A number that cannot be written as a fraction, for example π or √2

I

irrational hostility

8.2

A strong dislike of a person or group without good reason

I

irrational impulse

8.0

A sudden strong wish to do something without a clear reason

I

irrational motive

7.7

A reason for doing something that is not logical or sensible

How Irrational

absurd

288 4.4

irrational

192 4.4

unreasonable

125 3.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology