irrationality

English

Etymology

irrational +‎ -ity

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ælɪti

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.

Synonyms

• unreason

Antonyms

• rationality

Translations

want of reason

• Bulgarian: неразумност f (nerazumnost), безразсъдство n (bezrazsǎdstvo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不合理 (zh) (bùhélǐ)

• Dutch: onredelijkheid (nl)
• Finnish: järjettömyys (fi)
• French: irrationalité (fr)
• Galician: irracionalidade (gl) f
• German: Unvernunft (de), Irrationalität (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀλογία f (alogía)

• Italian: irrazionalità (it), irragionevolezza (it)
• Japanese: 不合理 (ja) (fugōri), 無理 (ja) (muri), 筋違い (ja) (sujichigai)
• Kazakh: иррационалдық (irrasionaldyq)
• Polish: bezrozum m, bezrozumność (pl) f
• Portuguese: irracionalidade (pt)
• Spanish: irracionalidad (es)
• Swedish: irrationalitet (sv) c
• Tagalog: kaatbangan

References

• “irrationality”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “irrationality”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.