nonrational
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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It’s the most universal medium, abstract medium, that is a metaphor for those mystical experiences, because experiences are nonrational, and they’re timeless.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2022
“Shattered Glass” dramatizes the disturbingly nonrational basis of belief.
From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2017
The trick is to convert the nonrational function to a rational function through a substitution.
From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016
Modern rulers, by contrast, are supposed to be emotionally detached; they work within a network of laws and systems designed to eliminate nonrational considerations like love and hatred.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 29, 2016
From his mother and father the boy learns to trust spontaneity and nonrational ways of knowing.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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