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Antonyms for non-rational

Grammar : Adj
Spell : rash-uh-nl, rash-nl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈræʃ ə nl, ˈræʃ nl

Definition of non-rational

Origin :
  • late 14c., "pertaining to reason;" mid-15c., "endowed with reason," from Old French racionel and directly from Latin rationalis "of or belonging to reason, reasonable," from ratio (genitive rationis) "reckoning, calculation, reason" (see ratio).
  • As in mystic/mystical : adj secret, esoteric
  • As in mystic : adj secret
Example sentences :
  • The principle, Hume concludes, is non-rational in character.
  • Extract from : « A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' » by Norman Kemp Smith
  • Moreover, the former are non-rational entities, while the latter are attributes of human beings.
  • Extract from : « Distributive Justice » by John A. (John Augustine) Ryan
  • The synthetic principles which lie at the basis of our experience are non-rational in character.
  • Extract from : « A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' » by Norman Kemp Smith
  • So a planet-wide habit of non-rational response had formed and was not seen to be irrational because almost everybody had it.
  • Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster
  • But conjurers and others who study our non-rational mental processes can so play upon them as to make us form absurd beliefs.
  • Extract from : « Human Nature In Politics » by Graham Wallas
  • Sometimes the impulse of affection is excited to a point at which its non-rational character becomes obvious.
  • Extract from : « Human Nature In Politics » by Graham Wallas
  • The obligation is not indeed unconditional, but it does not depend on the existence of any non-rational desires or aversions.
  • Extract from : « The Methods of Ethics » by Henry Sidgwick
  • While language familiarises with non-rational relations, science familiarises with rational relations.
  • Extract from : « Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects » by Herbert Spencer

Synonyms for non-rational

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