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illogicality

[ih-loj-i-kal-i-tee]
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noun, plural il·log·i·cal·i·ties.
  1. illogic.
  2. an example of illogic: an argument notable for its illogicalities.
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Origin of illogicality

First recorded in 1820–30; illogical + -ity
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Examples from the Web for illogicality

Historical Examples

  • The illogicality of this letter would be amusing if it had not been so disastrous.

    William Pitt and the Great War

    John Holland Rose

  • The illogicality of this curious argument did not strike Anne.

    Phoebe, Junior

    Mrs [Margaret] Oliphant

  • What angered him above all was the impossibility of it all, the illogicality, the unthinkableness of it.

    The Hidden Force

    Louis Couperus

  • Life is not an illogicality; yet it is a trap for logicians.

    Orthodoxy

    G. K. Chesterton

  • Lewis Carroll gave mathematics a holiday: he carried logic into the wild lands of illogicality.