irrationality
/ɪˌɹæʃ.əˈnæl.ə.ti/
irrationality noun: the state of being illogical or absurd.
Noun
irrationality (countable and uncountable, plural irrationalities)
- The state of being illogical or absurd.
- Synonyms:
- absurdity, illogicality, fallaciousness
- The property of being an irrational number.
- The state of being incapable of reason or abstract thought.
- Man introduces reason into the world of Nature, destroying irrational struggle and waste. But this activity is outside of self, distant, only reflected. Man sees this irrationality only with his intellect.1905, Leo Tolstoy, The Complete Works of Count Tolstoy, page 523
- Synonyms:
- unreason, mindlessness
- Something that is irrational; the result of an illogical or absurd thought or action.
- Synonyms:
- absurdity
irrationality meaning in Tamil and Urdu
irrationality in Tamil
- பகுத்தறிவின்மை
irrationality in Urdu
- واہیات
Synonyms of irrationality
Antonyms
Forms of irrationality
| plural | irrationalities |
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Origin of irrationality
From irrational + -ity. May also be analyzed as ir- + rationality.
Words that rhyme with irrationality
- modality
- plurality
- locality
- personality
- reality
- fatality
- morality
- bestiality
- potentiality
- sexuality
- duality
- formality
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- instrumentality
- tonality
- asexuality
- banality
- brutality
- centrality
- externality
- generality
- hospitality
- normality
- totality
- causality
- confidentiality
- conventionality
- cordiality
- dimensionality
- eventuality
- extraterritoriality
- fantasticality
- homosexuality
- immorality
- legality
- lethality
- mentality
- notionality
- sensuality
- surreality
- temporality
- androsexuality
- chirality
- congeniality
- dentality
- diapersexuality
- finality
- fursonality
- geniality
- grammaticality
- graysexuality
- gynesexuality
- gynosexuality
- institutionality
- joviality
- magnality
- mysticality
- omnipotentiality
- speciality
- sphericality
- topicality
Questions about irrationality
- What does irrationality mean?
- Irrationality means the state of being illogical or absurd.
- What is irrationality in Tamil?
- Irrationality in Tamil is பகுத்தறிவின்மை. See Irrationality meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is irrationality?
- Irrationality is a noun.
- How do you pronounce irrationality?
- Irrationality is pronounced /ɪˌɹæʃ.əˈnæl.ə.ti/ (US).
- What is the plural of irrationality?
- The plural of irrationality is irrationalities.
Words near irrationality in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: irrationality (page history and authors); irrationality (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); irrationality (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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