irrationalism
Americannoun
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irrationality in thought or action.
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an attitude or belief having a nonrational basis.
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a theory that nonrational forces govern the universe.
Other Word Forms
- irrationalist adjective
- irrationalistic adjective
Etymology
Origin of irrationalism
First recorded in 1805–15; irrational + -ism
Example Sentences
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We cannot eradicate irrationalism and the threat it poses to society and nature.
From Salon • Apr. 28, 2019
This vacuum is filled by strange concepts that hark back to the irrationalism of the 1930s.
From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2018
This work is necessary – but it can only proceed with a more sophisticated analysis of how today’s landscape of hyperrational power has coerced a new and increasingly potent irrationalism into existence.
From The Guardian • Dec. 8, 2016
Once trapped into irrationalism, they become more incapable of mastering reality.
From Slate • Jul. 7, 2012
It is this craving after the mysterious, this reprehensible irrationalism, that has brought, indeed, the whole subject of Druidism into much modern contempt with many archæologists.
From Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 by Stuart, John
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