illogic

American  

[ih-loj-ik] / ɪˈlɒdʒ ɪk /

noun

1. the state or quality of being illogical; illogicality.

   His speech was full of illogic.

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illogic British  

/ ɪˈlɒdʒɪk /

noun

1. reasoning characterized by lack of logic; illogicality

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Etymology

Origin of illogic

First recorded in 1855–60; il- ² + logic

Example Sentences

They’d teach techniques to punch through the static, to see the illogic in conspiracy theories, to find the facts behind the false narratives that can sometimes shape our lives.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2024

Good litigators learn that it’s better to leave such illogic on the cutting-room floor and stand on their stronger arguments.

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2023

There is thus more than a whiff of “we need to destroy the village in order to save it” illogic and disingenuity to the majority’s unfairness critique.

From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2023

But, at the same time, the diagnosis itself can't resolve the ineffable illogic of the experience of pain itself.

From Salon • May 24, 2022

Every time mathematicians tried to deal with the infinite or with zero, they encountered trouble with illogic.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife