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Webster 1913 Edition


irrationality

ir-raˊtion-al′i-ty

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Noun.
The quality or state of being irrational; absence of rationality.
“Brutish irrationaliity.”
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Webster 1828 Edition


Irrationality

IRRATIONAL'ITY

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Noun.
Want of reason or the powers of understanding.

Definition 2024


irrationality

irrationality

English

Noun

irrationality (countable and uncountable, plural irrationalities)

  1. The quality or state of being irrational; want of the faculty or the quality of reason; fatuity.
  2. Something which is irrational or brought forth by irrational action, judgement, idea or thought.
  3. (mathematics) The property of being irrational.

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References

  • irrationality in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • irrationality in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913