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Definition of irrationality:
Synonyms:
illogicalness, illogicality, insanity, reason, unreasonableness, stupidity, unreason, illogicality, unreasonableness.
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absurdity (part of speech: noun)
- contradiction,
- silliness,
- absurdity,
- baloney,
- paradox,
- idiocy,
- inanity,
- eccentricity,
- meaninglessness,
- folly,
- nonsense,
- bizarreness,
- implausibility,
- craziness,
- anachronism,
- incongruity,
- impossibility,
- invalidity,
- ludicrousness,
- outlandishness,
- inconsistency,
- farce,
- preposterousness,
- balderdash,
- foolishness,
- self-contradiction
Usage examples:
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From a lower point of view than that of the author, she lacks several of the desirable feminine qualities,- a certain womanly warmth and petulance, a graceful irrationality.
- "Views and Reviews", Henry James. -
Much that is absurd is found in man's religion, but the Tibetan form of it seemed to me the very ne plus ultra of irrationality.
- "Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877", James Kennedy. -
If Pope and his followers caught this echo of natural irrationality, they were not any the more artificial.
- "Varied Types", G. K. Chesterton.