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prerational

prerational adjective: before the application of reason.

Adjective

prerational (not comparable)

  1. Before the application of reason.
    • It is hard to escape the impression that if retailers could they would find some way to hook up directly to the prerational brain — the part of us that knows nothing about common sense, budgets, late fees and interest rates — a part of the brain to which, for many of us, our cellphones have...2007 October 7, “Can I Put You on Hold?”, in New York Times

Origin of prerational

From pre- + rational.

Questions about prerational

What does prerational mean?
Prerational means before the application of reason.
What part of speech is prerational?
Prerational is an adjective.

Words near prerational in the dictionary

  1. preraphaelite
  2. preraphaelites
  3. preraphaelitish
  4. preraphaelitism
  5. preratification
  6. prerational
  7. preread
  8. prereader
  9. prereaders
  10. prereadiness
  11. prereading

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