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extrarational

extrarational adjective: above or beyond the rational.

Adjective

extrarational (comparative more extrarational, superlative most extrarational)

  1. Above or beyond the rational.
    • Imagination is an extrarational function of the brain.
    • But a rational faith in such an utter inconceivability is out of the question, and an extra-rational and mere dogmatic faith, in such an idea, can not generally, if ever, be kept free from superstition, and hence, from a greater or less degree of mental degradation and slavery.1852, William Fishbough, The Macrocosm and Microcosm; Or the Universe Without and the Universe Within

Forms of extrarational

comparativemore extrarational
superlativemost extrarational

Origin of extrarational

From extra- + rational.

Questions about extrarational

What does extrarational mean?
Extrarational means above or beyond the rational.
What part of speech is extrarational?
Extrarational is an adjective.

Words near extrarational in the dictionary

  1. extrapyramidally
  2. extraquranic
  3. extraradical
  4. extraradically
  5. extraradicular
  6. extrarational
  7. extrarealistic
  8. extrareceptive
  9. extrared
  10. extraregional
  11. extraregionally

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